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The German 'debt brake': A shining example for European fiscal policy?

Truger, Achim; Will, Henner - 2012

Many observers consider the German 'debt brake' beyond criticism. In the current crisis, many European countries have difficulties refinancing their budgets, while the German treasury's funding conditions are most favourable. The 'fiscal compact's' call for the introduction of German-style 'debt...

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Austerity in the Euro area: The sad state of economic policy in Germany and the EU

Truger, Achim - 2013

Depression and World War II. The article tries to give an impression of the extraordinary degree of fiscal austerity and the … theoretical or purely ideological foundations. Germany as the most economically and politically influential member state of the …

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Is the debt brake behind Germany's successful fiscal consolidation?

Rietzler, Katja; Truger, Achim - 2018

debt brake, which is sometimes interpreted as causality. At the same time Germany's economic performance is better than … analysis of the "structural" consolidation of public finances in Germany for the period from 1991 until 2017 showing that the … German debt brake is not the cause of the successful budget consolidation in Germany since 2010. The improvement of the …

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Fiscal policy and rebalancing in the Euro area: A critique of the German debt brake from a Post-Keynesian perspective

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013

and/or investment and savings behavior in Germany. …

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Future fiscal and debt policies: Germany in the Context of the European Monetary Union

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013

Currently fiscal policies in Germany seem to be in a very comfortable position and the German Debt Brake is regarded as …

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