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Will Germany's temporary VAT tax rates cut as part of the Covid-19 fiscal stimulus package boost consumption and growth?
Funke, Michael; Terasa, Raphael - 2020
On 3 June 2020, the German government announced a EUR 130 billion fiscal stimulus package to stimulate market demand and jumpstart the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the spring of 2020. The most prominent measure of this package is an unconventional fiscal policy in the...
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Do expectations matter? : reassessing the effect of government spending on key macroeconomic variables in Germany
Gründler, Klaus; Sauerhammer, Sarah - 2016
This paper investigates the effects of government spending on key macroeconomic variables in Germany. It contributes to … for Germany by pointing to a rather positive effect of government spending on GDP. …
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Sollte der ermäßigte Mehrwertsteuersatz abgeschafft werden?
Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Stöwhase, Sven - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 90 (2010) 11, pp. 742-748
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Sollte der ermäßigte Mehrwertsteuersatz abgeschafft werden?
Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Stöwhase, Sven - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 90 (2010) 11, pp. 742-748
Das deutsche Mehrwertsteuersystem steht in Wissenschaft und Politik in der Kritik. Vor allem die ermäßigten Sätze werden in Hinblick auf Besteuerungsbasis und Inzidenz debattiert. Zu ihrer Rechtfertigung werden verteilungspolitische Gründe genannt. Ob diese stichhaltig sind, untersuchen die...
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Gesamtwirtschaftliche Wirkungen einer Steuerfinanzierung versicherungsfremder Leistungen in der Sozialversicherung : Endbericht
Meinhardt, Volker; Zwiener, Rudolf - 2005
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Business cycle accounting for the German fiscal stimulus program during the Great Recession
Fehrle, Daniel; Huber, Johannes A. - 2020
McGrattan (2007, Econometrica) for the Great Recession and the associated stimulus program in Germany 2008-2009. We include …
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Business cycle accounting for the German fiscal stimulus program during the Great Recession
Fehrle, Daniel; Huber, Johannes - 2020
McGrattan (2007, Econometrica) for the Great Recession and the associated stimulus program in Germany 2008-2009. We include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236598
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Temporary VAT reduction during the lockdown : evidence from Germany
Clemens, Marius; Röger, Werner - 2021
This paper evaluates the temporary VAT reduction invoked by the German government over the third and fourth quarter of 2020 as part of the COVID-19 stimulus package. There is considerable controversy. Critics argue that VAT reductions are ineffective in the presence of lockdown measures in place...
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Costly, but (relatively) ineffective? : an assessment of Germany's temporary VAT rate reduction during the Covid-19 pandemic
Baudisch, Victoria; Neuenkirch, Matthias - 2023
We evaluate Germany's temporary value-added tax (VAT) rate reduction as a tool to stimulate consumer spending during … the Covid-19 pandemic using a comparative case study approach. We construct a credible counterfactual for Germany in a two … similar to Germany regarding important post-treatment characteristics. Second, we apply a reweighting scheme on the pre …
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Costly, but (relatively) ineffective? : an assessment of Germany's temporary VAT rate reduction during the Covid-19 pandemic
Baudisch, Victoria; Neuenkirch, Matthias - 2023
We evaluate Germany's temporary value-added tax (VAT) rate reduction as a tool to stimulate consumer spending during … the Covid-19 pandemic using a comparative case study approach. We construct a credible counterfactual for Germany in a two … similar to Germany regarding important post-treatment characteristics. Second, we apply a reweighting scheme on the pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014259264