Bund und Länder haben sich im Juni 2001 auf eine Neuordnung des bundesstaatlichen Finanzausgleichs, den Solidarpakt II sowie über die künftige Lastenverteilung beim Fonds »Deutsche Einheit« geeinigt. Bei den kommunalen Spitzenverbänden stieß der erzielte Kompromiss auf heftige Kritik....

Der Artikel veranschaulicht die Pendlerverflechtungen zwischen den sächsischen Gemeinden und stellt dar, welche Auswirkungen diese auf den kommunalen Finanzausgleich haben könnten. Mit den Pendlerverflechtungen geht auch eine zusätzliche Nachfrage nach öffentlichen Leistungen in den...

The article is based on the results of author's study survey conducted on a representative sample of municipalities of Podkarpackie voivodship. Based on the results of research, the article will present both the current state of insurance in local government units (LGUs) of the municipal level,...

This paper investigates determinants of convergence in GDP per capita in the euro area and the EU between 1995 and 2021. It finds that the COVID-19 crisis temporarily slowed convergence but the estimated negative impact is significantly smaller than during the global financial crisis. Diverging...

Political polarization, meaning sharp differences in the political ideologies and preferences of the partisans of different parties, implies that members of one party are more likely to dismiss the policies and recommendations of spokesmen and appointees of the other party on the grounds that...

With the world on the brink of yet another steep recession, and with ecological disaster looming, we can no longer afford the luxury of an economic policy which concentrates on the fight against inflation, leaves unemployment to emergency measures, distribution of wealth and income to the...

The recovery measures announced by Europe in parallel with the Green Deal are the perfect opportunity to step up the effort to measure the impact of public expenditure, both in the short and in the long term. To that aim, it is essential to quickly stabilise benchmarks to measure the financial...