Innerhalb von zehn Jahren hat sich die finanzpolitische Situation in Deutschland gravierend verbessert. Während 2005 das Budgetdefizit regelmäßig mehr als 3% betrug, werden nun strukturelle Überschüsse erwartet. Neben der außerordentlich günstigen Zinsentwicklung lässt sich ein...

Der Arbeitskreis »Steuerschätzungen« hat auf seiner 140. Sitzung die Prognose für die Aufkommensentwicklung der Steuereinnahmen erneut nach oben korrigiert. Dabei wird der Optimismus der Schätzungen von der für das Steueraufkommen günstigen Entwicklung der Verteilung und Verwendung des...

Der Arbeitskreis »Steuerschätzungen« hat auf seiner 140. Sitzung die Prognose für die Aufkommensentwicklung der Steuereinnahmen erneut nach oben korrigiert. Dabei wird der Optimismus der Schätzungen von der für das Steueraufkommen günstigen Entwicklung der Verteilung und Verwendung des...

We apply a "new" conventional (CAPB-based) measure of fiscal policy, which is less prone to endogeneity issues, and find that a 1-percent of GDP fiscal consolidation leads to the improvement of the current account-to-GDP ratio by approximately 0.8 percent of GDP, while previous research based on...

We apply a "new" conventional (CAPB-based) measure of fiscal policy, which is less prone to endogeneity issues, and find that a 1-percent of GDP fiscal consolidation leads to the improvement of the current account-to-GDP ratio by approximately 0.8 percent of GDP, while previous research based on...

We apply a "new" conventional (CAPB-based) measure of fiscal policy, which is less prone to endogeneity issues, and find that a 1-percent of GDP fiscal consolidation leads to the improvement of the current account-to-GDP ratio by approximately 0.8 percent of GDP, while previous research based on...

We apply a "new" conventional (CAPB-based) measure of fiscal policy, which is less prone to endogeneity issues, and find that a 1-percent of GDP fiscal consolidation leads to the improvement of the current account-to-GDP ratio by approximately 0.8 percent of GDP, while previous research based on...

We apply a "new" conventional (CAPB-based) measure of fiscal policy, which is less prone to endogeneity issues, and find that a 1-percent of GDP fiscal consolidation leads to the improvement of the current account-to-GDP ratio by approximately 0.8 percent of GDP, while previous research based on...

Empirical studies on the effects of fiscal adjustments apply different approaches to identify discretionary changes in fiscal policy. While the results of one strand of literature suggest that the effects of fiscal adjustments on GDP are small or even positive, particularly for spending cuts...