Showing 1 - 10 of 464,455
In der Diskussion um die Reform der föderalen Finanzverfassung wird oft eine Stärkung der Steuerautonomie der Länder gefordert. Seitens der Befürworter wird die damit verbundene Ausweitung der Eigenverantwortlichkeit begrüßt, von der stärkere Anreize für eine solide Haushaltspolitik und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297714
Subsidies granted by German states (Länder) and municipalities are substantial and amounted to more than € 70.6 bill. in 2001. Thus, states’ expenditures for subsidies exceeded half of total wage tax revenues (after deduction of child allowances) in Germany or 3.4 per cent of German GDP....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265540
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728217
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728221
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003792047
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888149
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003483676
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003470628
In this article we examine whether or not the small size (in terms of population) of some German Laender (states) is harmful. The economic theory of federalism forms the ground on which we present empirical evidence, focusing on our own results for the German Laender. We find evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003380050