Die Kommunen haben schon seit langem strukturelle Finanzierungsprobleme. Wie wirkt sich das auf die kommunale Verschuldung aus? Der Autor setzt in seinem Beitrag auf vier Ebenen an: den Konsequenzen aus der Doppikeinführung, der Umsetzung eines kommunalen Debt Managements, den Veränderungen im...

Florian Dorn prepared this study during his doctoral studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU). The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics. This dissertation contributes to the empirics of public economics and...

Die Raumordnung in Bayern ist seit einigen Jahrzehnten Gegenstand wiederholter Reformprozesse. Diese folgen der Logik der Deregulierung, Entbürokratisierung und Kommunalisierung. Der Staat zieht sich einerseits kontinuierlich aus seiner planerischen Verantwortung zurück und überträgt diese...

[This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control. It designated Mr Brian Hayes (MEP) to follow the study.] - The recent European crisis has put the issue of government efficiency high on national policy agendas. Policy measures that result in a reduction...

This paper provides the results of analyses of key problems related to pension systems and their reforms in Russia and Ukraine. The pension systems and their reforms in both countries are compared. They are also compared with the general picture observed in the OECD or selected countries...

All practical evaluations of fiscal sustainability that include the effects of population ageing must utilize demographic forecasts. It is well known that such forecasts are uncertain, and that has been taken into account in some studies by using stochastic population projections jointly with...