The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to be implemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centering around the...

The German Income Tax Reform 2000 was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001a dispute arose, centering around the question, whether or not the later stages of the German Income Tax Reform should be brought...

The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to be implemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centering around the...

The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to be implemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centering around the...

The aftermath of the economic crisis and the burden of the fiscal stimulus packages call for considerable consolidation efforts by federal and state governments to meet the goal of a structurally balanced budget as required by the German debt brake in the medium-run. However, the real challenge...

Mit Ausnahme der Wirtschaftswunderjahre dürfte wohl kaum eine Regierung in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zu Beginn ihrer Amtszeit bessere Ausgangsbedingungen vorgefunden haben als die seit Dezember 2013 regierende Neuauflage der Großen Koalition. Für die langfristige...

In Sachen Staatsverschuldung gilt Deutschland gegenwärtig als Musterschüler in Europa. Doch haben wir tatsächlich bereits alle Hausaufgaben gemacht und die Staatsschulden fest im Griff? Dieser Frage geht die vorliegende Studie nach, in der auf Basis der aktualisierten Generationenbilanzierung...