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German labor market and fiscal reforms 1999 to 2008 : can they be blamed for intra-euro area imbalances?

Gadatsch, Niklas; Stähler, Nikolai; Weigert, Benjamin - 2015

. Further simulations highlight the importance of increased savings preferences in Germany to explain the latter. …

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Incumbency and expectations of fiscal rule compliance : evidence from surveys of German policy makers

Heinemann, Friedrich; Janeba, Eckhard; Todtenhaupt, … - 2020

In this paper, we analyze politicians’ expectations about future compliance with a fiscal rule, and in particular the dependence of the expectations on their role in parliament (opposition vs. incumbent government coalition). In addition, we explore how opposition and incumbent politicians...

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State-owned enterprises, fiscal transparency, and the circumvention of fiscal rules : the case of Germany

Heinemann, Friedrich; Nover, Justus - 2023

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) provide opportunities for a more flexible and market-based provision of public services. At the same time, they may impair fiscal transparency and offer politicians discretion in the presence of strict fiscal rules if these only constrain the core udget. Using a...

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Cyclical adjustment in fiscal rules : some evidence on real-time bias for EU-15 countries

Kempkes, Gerhard - 2012

Most EU member states will adopt fiscal rules that refer to cyclically-adjusted borrowing limits. Under the standard cyclical adjustment procedure, trend increases in public debt based on cyclical components are prevented if the real-time output gaps used to calculate cyclical components balance...

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Tales of transition paths : policy uncertainty and random walks

Hollmayr, Josef; Matthes, Christian - 2015

What happens when fiscal and/or monetary policy changes systematically? We construct a DSGE model in which agents have to estimate fiscal and monetary policy rules and assess how uncertainty surrounding the conduct of policymakers influences transition paths after policy changes. We find that...

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Austerity and distributional policy

Alpino, Matteo; Asatryan, Zareh; Blesse, Sebastian; … - 2020

What are the effects of austerity on distributional policy? We exploit the autonomy of Italian municipalities in setting non-linear income taxes and the exogenous introduction of a fiscal rule to show that austerity increases income tax progressivity. Consistent with this evidence, we find that...

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Enforcement of fiscal rules : lessons from the fiscal compact

Larch, Martin; Busse, Matthias; Jankovics, László - 2021

In 2012, 22 EU countries signed the Fiscal Compact, an intergovernmental agreement aimed at backing EU fiscal rules with national arrangements. The main objective of the Compact was to strengthen compliance. Based on a survey of national independent fiscal institutions, we take a closer look at...

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Länderautonomie in der Einkommensteuer : Konsequenzen eines Zuschlagsmodells

Büttner, Thiess; Schwager, Robert - 2000

In der Diskussion um die Reform der föderalen Finanzverfassung wird oft eine Stärkung der Steuerautonomie der Länder gefordert. Seitens der Befürworter wird die damit verbundene Ausweitung der Eigenverantwortlichkeit begrüßt, von der stärkere Anreize für eine solide Haushaltspolitik und...

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German and the rest of euro area fiscal policy during the crisis

Gadatsch, Niklas; Hauzenberger, Klemens; Stähler, Nikolai - 2015

We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the … present-value multipliers for distinct fiscal instruments, and to assess how discretionary fiscal policy in Germany and the …-on-quarter GDP growth substantially, both in Germany and in the rest of the Euro Area. The main drivers of GDP growth in Europe …

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Gauging the effects of the German COVID-19 fiscal stimulus package

Hinterlang, Natascha; Moyen, Stéphane; Röhe, Oke; … - 2021

We simulate the fiscal stimulus packages set up by the German government to allevi-ate the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic in a dynamic New Keynesian multi-sectorgeneral equilibrium model. We find that, cumulated over 2020-2022, output lossesrelative to steady state can be reduced by more than 4...

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