Angesichts hoher öffentlicher Schulden stellt sich in einer sozialen Marktwirtschaft nicht nur die ökonomische Frage nach den intergenerativen Verteilungswirkungen der Staatsverschuldung, sondern auch die sozialethische Frage, wie diese Wirkungen die Gerechtigkeit zwischen den Generationen...

In this paper we test whether German public debt has been sustainable by resorting to a test proposed by Bohn (1998). We apply non-parametric and semi-parametric regressions with time depending coefficients. This test shows that the mean of the coefficient relevant for sustainability has been...

In this paper, we test whether German public debt has been sustainable by resorting to a test proposed by Bohn (1998). We apply non-parametric and semi-parametric regressions with time depending coefficients. This test shows that the mean of the coefficient relevant for sustainability has been...