[Vorwort der Herausgeberinnen:] Mit dieser Veröffentlichung starten wir unsere Schriftenreihe des KCV KompetenzCentrum für angewandte Volkswirtschaftslehre der FOM Hochschule. (...) Unser erster Band der KCV Schriftenreihe widmet sich der Corona-Krise. Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bands,...

Der Übergang zur Klimaneutralität bedeutet enorme technische und finanzielle Anstrengungen. Die kleinen strukturell und finanziell benachteiligten Bundesländer Bremen und das Saarland haben es aufgrund ihrer CO2-intensiven Industrien und begrenzten öffentlichen Haushalte besonders schwer....

In der Märzausgabe 2023 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz mit dem Titel 'Schuldentragfähigkeit mit impliziten Staatsschulden - Leitbild oder Irrlicht?' von Jan Priewe. Hagen Krämer und Carl Christian von Weizsäcker vertreten in einer Replik eine andere Auffassung, im...

With its judgement on the federal budget, the German Federal Constitutional Court has thrown the government's financial planning into disarray. Important public investments are at stake, as the debt brake sets tight limits for the treasury and debt-financed shadow budgets. But the green...

Multiple crises and ecological transformation are driving an intense debate about government credit financing and its restriction by the constitutional debt brake. The Board of Academic Advisors at the BMWK has presented a proposal on how more flexibility would be possible without undermining...

The paper deals with the current budget crisis in Germany, which was triggered by an attempt to increase public debt beyond the limits of the German constitution. The rejection of the Supplementary Budget 2021 of the federal government by the Constitutional Court in November 2023 requires a...

The German Federal Constitutional Court has ordered a revision of public budgets following the correct interpretation of the German debt brake. The debt brake is an obstacle to necessary public investment needed for ecological transformation of areas such as housing construction and education....

The German debt brake forces the German government to target a very specific public deficit to GDP ratio. A ruling of the German constitutional court has drawn attention to the debt brake, as it is to be enforced more tightly than the federal German government previously thought. In this...