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Germany introduced a new fiscal rule, the ‘debt brake’, after the Global Financial Crisis and since then experienced a … the current crisis in Germany illustrate the intended effects of fiscal rules very well. Debt ratios are reduced during … important for Germany and other economies to repeat the reduction in the debt to GDP ratio in order to be prepared for the next …
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A common political claim is that decentralized governments undermine policy makers' ability to fight fiscal imbalance. This paper examines how different fiscal institutions influence the likelihood of a successful fiscal adjustment. Using a panel of the Swiss cantons from 1981 to 2001, we first...
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The current economic policy implemented in different countries takes account of the changing external and internal circumstances. The recent crisis (2007–2008) revealed the weakness of the established economic theories, also as regards fiscal policy. Consequently, a great number of countries...
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