Most countries have automatic rules in their tax-and-transfer systems that are partly intended to stabilize economic fluctuations. This paper measures how effective they are. We put forward a model that merges the standard incomplete-markets model of consumption and inequality with the new...

Most countries have automatic rules in their tax-and-transfer systems that are partly intended to stabilize economic fluctuations. This paper measures how effective they are. We put forward a model that merges the standard incomplete-markets model of consumption and inequality with the new...

This paper analyses the relations between the banking system fluctuations, on one hand, and taxation and public spending, on the other one, using a VECM methodology. We find some evidence of prociclicality of fiscal policy using variables such as government spending, taxes, and primary surplus....

Die Bundesregierung plant ab 1. Juli 1991 zur Finanzierung des Golfkriegs, zur Reduzierung des einheitsbedingten hohen Staatsdefizits bzw. auch zur Finanzierung zusätzlicher Ausgaben in den neuen Bundesländern sowie zur Senkung der zusätzlichen Budgetbelastung durch die Wirtschaftshilfen für...