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Die Haushaltskonsolidierung mittels drastischer Sparpolitik auf der Ausgabenseite wird auf absehbare Zeit die deutsche Finanzpolitik dominieren. Eine solche Politik wird von der Bundesregierung und der Mehrheit der offiziellen ökonomischen Politikberatung als notwendig und ohne Alternative...
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Public debt has increased sharply during the financial and economic crisis. The European stability and growth pact could not have prevented this from happening. It follows that the institutional framework of the European Monetary Union is inadequate. Nonetheless, the current debate about...
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Die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat einen massiven Anstieg der staatlichen Verschuldung nach sich gezogen, ohne dass der europäische Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt dies hätte verhindern können. Es ist offenkundig geworden, dass die bestehenden institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen für die...
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The German debt brake is often regarded as a great success story, and has therefore served as a role model for the Euro area and its fiscal compact. In this paper we fundamentally criticize the debt brake. We show that (1) it suffers from serious shortcomings, and its success is far from certain...
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It is generally held, from both a global and a European perspective, that the three most impor-tant objectives for the years to come are 1) the reduction of current account imbalances, 2) the reduction of public deficits, and 3) the reduction of unemployment. This paper argues that the Stability...
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Currently fiscal policies in Germany seem to be in a very comfortable position and the German Debt Brake is regarded as an institutional precondition for this success and has been exported to the Euro area in the guise of the Fiscal Compact. In this paper we scrutinize German fiscal policies and...
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