Die internationale Konjunktur hat sich zum Jahresende 2018 abgekühlt. Während der Welthandel auch im Prognosezeitraum verhaltender expandieren dürfte, wird die weltwirtschaftliche Produktion in beiden Jahren nur leicht verlangsamt um jeweils 3,5 % zunehmen, nach 3,7 % 2018. Die...

Das weltwirtschaftliche Wachstum hat sich im bisherigen Jahresverlauf verlangsamt. Eine nennenswerte Erholung ist im Prognosezeitraum nicht zu erwarten. Ein wesentlicher Grund für das schwächere Wachstum liegt in den zunehmenden Handelskonflikten. In Kraft gesetzte Zollmaßnahmen im Handel...

Die Staatsschuldenquoten werden infolge der Coronakrise weltweit erheblich steigen. Angesichts des strikten fiskalischen Regelwerks für die Mitgliedsländer der EU und insbesondere des Euroraums bedeutet das eine enorme Herausforderung. Die Europäische Kommission berät seit Anfang des Jahres...

Debt-to-GDP ratios are set to rise significantly all over the world as a result of the coronavirus crisis. This will pose a huge challenge for the EU's member states and in particular the euro area countries, because of the strict fiscal rules that apply to them. In a consultation process that...

I estimate fiscal reaction functions to analyze the cyclical behavior of discretionary measures in the euro area and the potential impact of changes in the fiscal framework. The core is to analyze whether fiscal rules have an asymmetric impact on discretionary measures over the cycle. First,...

This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund in the province of Bolzano, Italy. The programs were addressed to particularly vulnerable groups which were much less skilled and educated than the control group from the...

This study examines major reform proposals of EU fiscal rules from an economic and legal perspective. We disassemble the reform proposals in their components and analyse them in their specific proposed form in comparison, thereby shedding light on what is legally possible, economically sensible,...

This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund in the province of Bolzano, Italy. The programs were addressed to particularly vulnerable groups which were much less skilled and educated than the control group from the...

Against the background of the European Commission's reform plans of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) this policy brief uses the macroeconometric multi-country model NiGEM to simulate the macroeconomic implications of the most relevant reform options from 2024 onwards. Next to a return to the...