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The present paper analyzes expectations of German politicians about the German debt brake (Schuldenbremse), which became part of the German constitution in 2009. This fiscal rule requires the federal government and the German states to run a (cyclically adjusted) budget deficit of no more than...
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rule. Lagged implementation characterizes the setup of the German debt brake and raises credibility issues. In a second … step, we analyze a unique survey of members of all 16 German state parliaments and show that the debt brake’s credibility …
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The EU's Cohesion Policy (CP) intends to promote European economic, social, and territorial cohesion. The policy occupies about a third of the EU budget and it is the most evaluated of all EU policies. With the support of the German Ministry of Finance, two in-depth ZEW research papers by...
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Within the economic profession, it is a widely held view that the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht treaty are arbitrary numbers without economic foundation. Much of this criticism seems to overlook an important aspect - the strategic dimension of the criteria. This paper focuses on one...
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Durch den Maastrichter Vertrag soll Europa auf den Weg zu einer solidarischen und subsidiären Währungsunion gebracht werden. Nach einer Übersetzung dieser Begriffe in ökonomische Termini werden die Konsequenzen für die Fortentwicklung der EG-Finanzen untersucht. Es zeigt sich, daß das...
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The principles of budgetary completeness and transparency are indispensable elements of fiscal surveillance in the European Union. Within this context, this study deals with the leading question to which extent budgetary policy in the ten new EU member states (NMS) can be regarded as transparent...
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Abstract: Die neuen als auch die bisherigen Mitgliedstaaten der EU stehen vor großen Herausforderungen im Hinblick auf die Stabilität der öffentlichen Haushalte mit schnell alternden Gesellschaften. Nachhaltige Staatsfinanzen gelten mit Recht als notwendige Bedingung für eine auf Dauer...
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