What fraction of the business cycle volatility of government purchases is accounted for as endogenous reactions to overall macroeconomic conditions? We answer this question in the framework of a neoclassical representative household model where the provision of a public consumption good is...

This paper asks whether the post-Keynesian or New Keynesian paradigm provides a more realistic description of the effects of fiscal policy on output and consumption. I establish some macro and microeconomic stylized facts on fiscal multipliers and marginal propensities to consume based on the...

A number of institutional and non-institutional factors, not only economically rational but also political and historical, have risen in the long after war debate about the public sector's expansion, size and structure. Obvious inefficiencies, mounting resistance to further increases of tax...

Zunehmend stehen die Bundesländer in der Kritik, ihrer Aufgabe des Steuervollzugs nur unzureichend nachzukommen. Als Ursache wird angeführt, dass es an finanziellen Anreizen fehle: Die Bundesländer müssen die Personalkosten tragen, dürften infolge des Länderfinanzausgleichs jedoch nur...

Der Abbau der kalten Progression wird aktuell wieder diskutiert. An einigen Eckwerten des Einkommensteuertarifs lässt sich zeigen, dass die tatsächliche Entwicklung deutlich von den zum Ausgleich der Inflation erforderlichen Tarifänderungen abweicht. Die Autoren berechnen die Mindereinnahmen...

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,...

From the 1980s to onwards trade liberalization policies have been widely used in many countries. This process has significant impacts on many economic aspects one of which is on the labour market. However, the direction of the relationship between trade reforms and the labour market is...

Although economic growth continued to be lukewarm in 2021, tax revenue increased significantly, even exceeding the pre-crisis level despite economic policy measures associated with revenue losses. During the 2008-2011 global financial crisis, tax revenue followed a different path: Its recovery...

Seit zwei Jahren hat die Corona-Pandemie Deutschland voll im Griff. Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung lahmt, und kurze Erholungsphasen brechen immer wieder ab. Die Steuereinnahmen haben sich davon allerdings abgekoppelt und sprudeln bereits wieder. Im Januar 2022 nimmt der deutsche Fiskus 22,4...