in Germany. The results suggest that attempts of state level governments to extract fiscal resources from the local …

Fiscal federalism in Germany is characterized by lacking sub-national tax autonomy and intensive fiscal equalization …

In 2009, Germany introduced a new debt rule in its federal constitution (Grundgesetz). The socalled ‘debt brake … markets through particularly strict budgetary rules. -- Fiscal rules ; debt brake ; Germany ; fiscal federalism …

This paper investigates the long-term trend and the underlying determinants of public sector centralization in Germany … the case of Germany. …

actually favors stabilization. In an empirical analysis for Germany, the paper adds support for the finding of significant … regional stabilization by fiscal flows. The results indicate that about 17 % of GDP variation across West Germany's states has … been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for …

throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …

regional mobility in West Germany but higher occupational mobility in East Germany. The results show that if occupations were …