Der Beitrag untersucht die Auswirkungen des demographischen Wandels in Deutschland auf die öffentlichen Finanzen anhand des Konzeptes der Altersstrukturprofile. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Länder- und Gemeindeebene. Neben einer starken Demographiesensitivität der Ausgaben und Einnahmen...

This paper examines the effects of demographic change on public finances in a federal system. We develop a simple methodical procedure to measure the effect of demographic changes on public revenues and expenditures. We apply our method to the local, state and federal government sector as well...

The purpose of this paper is to identify and develop potential solutions on how to facilitate the financing of bioenergy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. We focus on four main areas that have been identified from empirical research in achieving this objective; these are: (i) financing, (ii)...

We study the impact of decentralization on sovereign default risk. Theory predicts that decentralization deteriorates fiscal discipline since subnational governments undertax/overspend, anticipating that, in the case of overindebtedness, the federal government will bail them out. We analyze...