This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances had remained unchecked prior to the crisis. As those...

This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances had remained unchecked prior to the crisis. As those...

In the present paper we question the mainstream diagnosis of Germany's post-2000 stagnation as well as the prescribed remedies. We show that the "institutional sclerosis" view of Germany's stagnation is unfounded and that therefore the political measures proposed and actually taken are...

Der Länderfinanzausgleich soll reformiert werden, da er mit den bestehenden Regeln nach 2019 ausläuft. Entsprechend werden aktuell verschiedene Vorschläge und deren Auswirkungen diskutiert. In diesem Beitrag kommt der Wirtschaftskraft - gemessen auf Basis der Bruttowertschöpfung - die Rolle...

Christian Lindner, Bundesminister der Finanzen, stellt den Regierungsentwurf für denBundeshaushalt 2024 und den Finanzplan bis 2027 in den Kontext seiner finanzpolitischenStrategie und leitet den weiteren Handlungsbedarf ab. Um Prioritäten zur Stärkungvon Zukunftsausgaben setzen zu können,...

Der Artikel stellt eine neue Methode zur Messung der makroökonomischen, d.h. gesamtwirtschaftlichen Unsicherheit für Deutschland vor. Das hier dargestellte Maß verhält sich im Vergleich zu den bisher in der Literatur vorgeschlagenen Alternativen deutlich weniger volatil.

The former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt holds that despite the huge transfers from West to East Germany the East German economy does not take off as it was widely expected. We argue it is not despite these transfers but because of them. Building on the common features of the extension of the...

This paper investigates whether the socioeconomic status of the head of government helps explain fiscal performance. Applying sociological research that attributes differences in people's ways of thinking and acting to their relative standing within society, we test whether the social status of...