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This paper analyses fiscal policy for several economies in Latin America, from the early nineties to the 2009 crisis. We present original estimates of cyclically-adjusted public revenues for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay implementing the standardised...
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This article examines the German debt brake from a technical point of view. By designing the debt brake on the basis of the EU method, it should be possible to achieve an adequate division between the cyclical and structural components of the budget balance, while at the same time pursuing a...
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How much fiscal space do Latin American countries have to increase their tax burdens in the long term? This paper provides an answer through Laffer curves estimates for taxes on labor, capital, and consumption for the six largest emerging economies of the region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile,...
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The new German government plans to increase investment spending considerably, yet without increasing taxes or reforming the debt brake enshrined in the constitution. This article explores the government's (un)conventional approaches to squaring this circle.
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In der Debatte um die Schuldenbremse geht es zumeist um eine Grundgesetzänderung. Dabei ist ein wesentlicher Teil der Schuldenbremse - die Konjunkturkomponente, welche eine Defizitbeschränkung mit antizyklischer Fiskalpolitik vereinen soll - einfachgesetzlich definiert. Sieht man sich diese...
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The purpose of the study is to test for debt sustainability as well as assess the impact of public debt on economic growth in Ghana using annual time series data spanning from 1970 to 2014. The study employed the fiscal reaction function suggested by Bohn (1998) to test for the sustainability of...
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The paper discusses the impact of austerity policy on economic performance in the eurozone countries after the global crisis that occurred in 2007-08. The undertaken fiscal consolidation efforts to cut government expenditure and increase government taxes which begun in 2010, aimed to return...
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Die Debatte um Konsolidierung im Euroraum wird von der Frage dominiert, ob Konsolidierung dem Wachstum schadet. Der Beitrag gibt einen kurzen Überblick zum Diskussionsstand über die Zusammenhänge zwischen Konsolidierung und Wachstum. Darüber hinaus werden gängige Forderungen analysiert, die...
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The aim of the research work was to analyze the implementation of a new methodology in the framework of the European System of Regional and National Accounts ESA 2010. In order to achieve the objective author: i) described the need for a methodology for measuring the economy; ii) discussed the...
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Die Steuer- und Finanzpolitik legt die Grundlagen für eine erfolgreiche Aufgabenerfüllung des Staates. Wie wird in den nächsten Jahren die Steuer- und Finanzpolitik gestaltet werden? Wo liegen die Probleme? Wo sehen Wissenschaft, Handwerk und Politik Handlungsbedarf? Um diese Fragen zu...
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