Employing data from a representative survey conducted in Germany, this paper examines public preferences for the size and composition of government expenditure. We focus on public attitudes toward taxes, public debt incurrence, and public spending in six different policy areas. Our findings...

The EU's Lisbon strategy of 2000 (renewed in 2005) calls for substantial improvements in the quality and sustainability of public finance. In this context, the current study concentrates on the growth potential of public expenditures. National Reform Programs are analyzed in order to draw...

Employing data from a representative survey conducted in Germany, this paper examines public preferences for the size and composition of government expenditure. We focus on public attitudes toward taxes, public debt incurrence, and public spending in six different policy areas. Our findings...

Angesichts diverser EURO-Rettungsschirme und der Sorge um den Verlust eigenen Wohlstands durch Umverteilung staatlicher Einnahmen zu Gunsten anderer EURO-Länder einerseits und der Entwertung privater Ersparnisse durch Ausweitung der Geldmenge andererseits, befürchten Bürger zunehmend, dass...

Abstract AbstractAngesichts diverser EURO-Rettungsschirme und der Sorge um den Verlust eigenen Wohlstands durch Umverteilung staatlicher Einnahmen zu Gunsten anderer EURO-Länder einerseits und der Entwertung privater Ersparnisse durch Ausweitung der Geldmenge andererseits, befürchten Bürger...