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Demystifying a "shining example" : German public finances under the debt brake

Eicker-Wolf, Kai; Truger, Achim - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2014

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The German “debt brake”: a shining example for European fiscal policy?

Truger, Achim; Will, Henner - In: Revue de l'OFCE N° 127 (2013) 1, pp. 153-188

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

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Hochschule für … - 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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The German 'debt brake': A shining example for European fiscal policy?

Truger, Achim; Will, Henner - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Hochschule für … - 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955077

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

Truger, Achim - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Hochschule für … - 2013

theoretical or purely ideological foundations. Germany as the most economically and politically influential member state of the …

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What ever happened to Germany? Is the decline of the former European key currency country caused by structural sclerosis or by macroeconomic mismanagement?

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - EconWPA - 2005

accepted empirical findings. In particular, the explanation is unconvincing, because in international comparison Germany … generous welfare state institutions have driven Germany into its position as „Europe’s sick man“. In general, the view is not … indicators for structural rigidities Germany is not worse than the average OECD or EU country. Moreover, there is a macroeconomic …

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Zur Interdependenz von Geld- und Lohnpolitik: Makroökonometrische Ex-post und Ex-ante Simulationen verschiedener Szenarien für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Bartsch, Klaus; Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

effects on macroeconomic performance in Germany. First, ex post scenarios for the period from 1991 until 2000 are simulated … will be taken into account, in particular Germany's integration into the Euro area. On the other hand, interdependencies …

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Macroeconomic policies, wage developments, and Germany’s stagnation

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - EconWPA - 2005

restrictive and sometimes pro- cyclical fiscal policies and overly moderate wage policies in Germany since the mid 1990s. This … Germany urgently needs more expansive fiscal and monetary policies in the short run, and that in the medium run the conditions … for nominal wage growth in Germany according to the sum of long run national productivity growth and the ECB’s inflation …

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What ever happened to Germany? Is the decline of the former european key currency country caused by structural sclerosis or by macroeconomic mismanagement?

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - In: International Review of Applied Economics 19 (2005) 1, pp. 3-28

accepted empirical findings. In particular, the explanation is unconvincing, because in international comparison Germany … generous welfare state institutions have driven Germany into its position as 'Europe's sick man'. In general, the view is not … indicators for structural rigidities Germany is not worse than the average OECD or EU country. Moreover, there is a macroeconomic …

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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 - In: Panoeconomicus 61 (2014) 1, pp. 21-38

have to rely on unrealistic shifts in the functional income distribution and/or investment and savings behaviour in Germany. …

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