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Germany introduced a new fiscal rule, the ‘debt brake’, after the Global Financial Crisis and since then experienced a … the current crisis in Germany illustrate the intended effects of fiscal rules very well. Debt ratios are reduced during … important for Germany and other economies to repeat the reduction in the debt to GDP ratio in order to be prepared for the next …
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and/or investment and savings behavior in Germany. …
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Staatsverschuldung wissen wir recht viel darüber, was Experten (z. B. Finanzpolitiker/‌-‍wissenschaftler) von Haushaltskonsolidierung …
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The 'starving the beast' hypothesis claims that tax cuts lead to lower public spending, rather than higher debt levels and higher taxes in the future. This paper uses the institutional setting of German fiscal federalism to its advantage in order to explore how fiscal policy reacts to exogenous...
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In this paper, we analyze politicians’ expectations about future compliance with a fiscal rule, and in particular the dependence of the expectations on their role in parliament (opposition vs. incumbent government coalition). In addition, we explore how opposition and incumbent politicians...
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Keynesian theory suggests that a reduction in government expenditure has a negative effect on private demand and therefore on output. Contrary, neoclassical theory argues that reduced public expenditure makes room for an expansion of the private sector and thus has a stimulating effect on the...
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