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Finanzierung von Zukunftsinvestitionen: Pragmatische Lösungen sind gefragt
Schnitzer, Monika; Truger, Achim - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 102 (2022) 1, pp. 11-14
Since the new German federal government has imposed tight fiscal policy restrictions on itself, a pragmatic approach is needed to finance the spending requirements of the transformation. The financing instruments mentioned in the coalition agreement appears to be suitable in principle for...
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Growing like Germany : local public debt, local banks, low private investment
Hoffmann, Mathias; Stewen, Iryna; Stiefel, Michael - 2023 - Revised version, December 2023
Over 2010-2016, municipal debt in Germany crowded out private investment worth 1 percent of GDP. Forced to lend to … firms in Germany's locally segmented credit markets. The ensuing crowding out was made worse by increased municipal …
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Fiscal policy and rebalancing in the Euro area : a critique of the German debt brake from a Post-Keynesian perspective
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013
and/or investment and savings behavior in Germany. …
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Staatsverschuldung aus Bürgersicht : ein Forschungsüberblick
Mause, Karsten - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 88 (2019) 4, pp. 39-49
Aufgrund der seit langem geführten Debatte um das Für und Wider der Nutzung des Politikinstruments der Staatsverschuldung wissen wir recht viel darüber, was Experten (z. B. Finanzpolitiker/‌-‍wissenschaftler) von Haushaltskonsolidierung, Deficit-Spending oder Verschuldungsgrenzen halten....
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Tax cuts starve the beast! : evidence from Germany
Fuest, Clemens; Neumeier, Florian; Stöhlker, Daniel - 2019
The 'starving the beast' hypothesis claims that tax cuts lead to lower public spending, rather than higher debt levels and higher taxes in the future. This paper uses the institutional setting of German fiscal federalism to its advantage in order to explore how fiscal policy reacts to exogenous...
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Die Schuldenbremse : ein Garant für nachhaltige Haushaltspolitik? : eine Replik auf Feld et al. (2024) : Analysen Schuldenbremse
Mühlenweg, Leo; Kaczmarczyk, Patrick; Hornung, Lukas; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 104 (2024) 7, pp. 470-475
control method used compares Germany's actual investment activity with a synthetic "Germany without a debt brake". This … synthetischen "Deutschland ohne Schuldenbremse". Dieser Beitrag begegnet einigen methodischen Problemen der Studie mit einer …. (2024) attempted to refute the frequently voiced criticism that the debt brake hinders government investment. The synthetic …
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What determines fiscal policy? : evidence from German states
Berger, Helge (contributor); Holler, Anika (contributor) - 2007
This paper explores the factors behind the time path of real spending and revenue in the West German states from 1975 to 2004. The empirical approach stresses robustness and takes into account a large set of economic and political variables. Our results suggest that common economic factors and,...
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Future fiscal and debt policies : Germany in the Context of the European Monetary Union
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013
Currently fiscal policies in Germany seem to be in a very comfortable position and the German Debt Brake is regarded as …
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Austerity in the Euro area : the sad state of economic policy in Germany and the EU
Truger, Achim - 2013
theoretical or purely ideological foundations. Germany as the most economically and politically influential member state of the …
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The debt brake in the eyes of the German population
Hayo, Bernd; Neumeier, Florian - 2014 - This version: 23 June 2014
In response to the recent sovereign debt crisis, the member states of the European Union agreed to enact balanced budget rules in their national legislation. However, little is known about the public's opinion of balanced budget rules. To fill this gap, we conducted a survey among 2,000...
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