The paper analyses the linkages from financial developments to public finances. It maps and discusses the transmission channels to fiscal variables. These channels include asset prices, financing conditions, balance sheets of banks, non-banks and central banks and international linkages. The...

The paper analyses the linkages from financial developments to public finances. It maps and discusses the transmission channels to fiscal variables. These channels include asset prices, financing conditions, balance sheets of banks, non-banks and central banks and international linkages. The...

This paper provides a study of bond yield differentials among EU government bonds issued between 1993 and 2005 on the basis of a unique dataset of issue spreads in the US and DM (Euro) bond market. Interest differentials between bonds issued by EU countries and Germany or the USA contain risk...

Based on the observation of an unabated trend towards higher social spending ratios in advanced countries, the study analyzes the risk of "social dominance", where social expenditures dominate fiscal policy, and undermine growth and fiscal sustainability. We scrutinize this risk by analyzing...

This paper provides a study of bond yield differentials among EU eurobonds issued between 1991 and 2002. Interest differentials between bonds issued by EU countries and Germany or the USA contain risk premia which increase with the debt, deficit and debt-service ratio and depend positively on...

This paper provides a study of bond yield differentials among EU government bonds issued between 1993 and 2005 on the basis of a unique dataset of issue spreads in the US and DM (Euro) bond market. Interest differentials between bonds issued by EU countries and Germany or the USA contain risk...

Nicht nur die Bundesregierung, auch die Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute und der Sachverständigenrat haben ihre Wachstumsprognosen für das Jahr 2015 gesenkt. Kann angesichts des schwieriger gewordenen wirtschaftlichen Umfelds ein ausgeglichener Bundeshaushalt erreicht werden? Ludger Schuknecht...

Nach Ansicht von Ludger Schuknecht, ehem. OECD und Bundesministerium der Finanzen, sollte mit dem absehbaren Ende der Covid-19-Krise die Schuldenbremse wieder angewendet werden. Sie garantiere, dass Deutschland seinen zukünftigen Herausforderungen gewachsen ist. Zudem sei sie pro-europäisch,...

This paper provides a study of bond yield differentials among EU eurobonds issued between 1991 and 2002. Interest differentials between bonds issued by EU countries and Germany or the USA contain risk premia which increase with the debt, deficit and debt-service ratio and depend positively on...