Der Bund setzt zu Lasten der Länder eine zentrale Bundesfernstrassengesellschaft durch, zudem sollen kommunale Schulgebäude künftig vom Bund direkt gefördert werden können. Beides öffnet den Weg zu noch mehr Privatisierungen und zu noch mehr Öffentlich-Privaten Partnerschaften. Darüber...

"As the world's population continues to grow, there is an ever increasing need for huge investment in basic infrastructure: water and sewage, energy production and distribution, transportation and telecommunication. At the same time, infrastructure systems in developed countries are...

This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure spending bill in a neoclassical growth model. We add to the literature by considering a more detailed tax structure, different types of infrastructure spending and linkages between...