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Die steigende Staatsverschuldung in Deutschland und Europa ist höchst besorgniserregend. Da eine hohe Verschuldung mit einem hohen Anteil der Zinsausgaben an den Gesamtausgaben einhergeht, wird der Ausgabenspielraum für andere Politikbereiche geringer. Wird nicht rechtzeitig gegengesteuert,...
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The financial crisis of 2007-2009 led to a renewed increase in government deficits and debts in many EU countries, causing a full-fledged fiscal crisis in Greece and severe fiscal pressures in other euro-area countries. This has prompted a series of proposals for improving the fiscal framework...
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Fiscal rules specify quantitative targets for key budgetary aggregates. In this paper, we review the experience with such rules in Japan and in the EU. Comparing the performance of fiscal policy in the 1980s and 1990s until 2003, we find that the fiscal rule of the 1980s exerted some but not...
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