In 2009, Germany invested 15.4 Billion Euro in infrastructure to avert the looming recession. In this study, we evaluate whether the German stimulus program was successful in limiting the impact of the crisis on the job market. We exploit exogenous cross-sectional variation to identify the...

This paper investigates the effects of public investment in infrastructure on private output for Germany. Using a multivariate framework we explore the impact of a diverging selection of variables on the ensuing estimates and document confidence intervals computed following the bootstrap...

Die deutsche Schuldenbremse wird als Investitionsbremse kritisiert. Fraglich ist insbesondere, ob die Schuldenbremse bei konjunkturellen Schwankungen im Regelfall genügend Spielraum für eine antizyklische Kreditaufnahme lässt. Volkswirtschaftlich wichtige öffentliche Investitionen könnten...

This paper attempts to test whether financial supply-side shifts explain the low-investment climate of private firms in Germany. The core contention is that a firm's financial position contributes to its access to external finance on credit markets. Special emphasizes is put on small and...