Dem „Konvent zur Zukunft Europas“ ist unter anderem die Aufgabe zugewiesen worden, eine neue Abgrenzung der wirtschafts- und finanzpolitischen Verantwortlichkeiten zwischen der europäischen und der nationalstaatlichen Ebene vorzunehmen. Brauchen wir eine europäische Wirtschaftsverfassung?...

Public finances in Europe are relevant both with respect to their fiscal and their possible integration-promoting function. However, decisions on the expenditures and revenues of the European Community create a permanent potential of conflicts between the EU countries. Furthermore, with the...

In Germany and in the EU legal provisions exist in order to restrict public deficits and public debt. It seems that in the past these legal debt limits have been hardly respected by policymakers in their decisions on public households. In addition, during the worldwide financial and economic...