Vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht wird gegenwärtig der Normenkontrollantrag Berlins auf Feststellung einer „extremen Haushaltsnotlage“ und Zahlung von Sonder-Bundesergänzungszuweisungen des Bundes verhandelt. Entsprechende Klagen des Saarlandes und Bremens sind eingereicht. Verhandelt...

This paper reviews current discussions on reforming the European Union (EU) budgetary procedure and assesses the main reform proposals that have been suggested thus far. It argues that prospects for reforms are presently hampered by the complex interplay between supranational and...

New Zealand's fiscal outlook deteriorated following the Global Financial Crisis, and in late 2008 fiscal projections showed net government debt in New Zealand increasing from 5% of GDP to around 40% within 10 years, mostly reflecting permanently lower expectations for future tax revenue. These...

In Deutschland besteht breiter Konsens, dass im Rahmen der Föderalismusreform II härtere nationale Haushaltsregeln beschlossen werden sollten, die zu einer engen Begrenzung staatlicher Defizite führen. Wie kann jedoch im Rahmen strenger Regeln gewährleistet werden, dass der Einfluss der...

In this paper, we contribute to the discussion of what determines country risk by arguing that an important explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the capacity to pay. We use a newly created data base with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891...

This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal policy in Grenada. Using data from the 2017–2018 Living Conditions and Household Budgets Survey and following the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) analysis framework, we estimate the effects of fiscal policy interventions on inequality and...

How much did France pay for its colonial empire? Did colonies benefit from large transfers from French taxpayers and private investors, or were they on the contrary drained of their capital? So far, Jacques Marseille (1984) was the only attempt to investigate these questions, by deducting from...

The 2001 recession proved alarming to state government finances. A relatively shallow national recession led to a severe downturn in state revenues that took three years to unwind. In the current economic downturn, early signs of fiscal stress are already apparent. This raises several...