On average, young people underestimate whereas old people overestimate their chances to survive into the future. We employ a subjective survival belief model proposed by Ludwig and Zimper (2013), which can replicate these patterns. The model is compared with hyperbolic discounting within a...

On average, "young" people underestimate whereas "old" people overestimate their chances to survive into the future. We adopt a Bayesian learning model of ambiguous survival beliefs which replicates these patterns. The model is embedded within a non-expected utility model of life-cycle...

In this paper, we compare growth and welfare e¤ects of various budget rules within an endogenous growth model with productive public capital, utility enhancing public consumption and public debt. We find that a fixed deficit regime does not affect the long run growth rate compared to a balanced...

Eine zunehmende Zahl von Bundesländern legte in den letzten Jahren verfassungswidrige Haushalte vor, drei Länder klagten gleichzeitig beim Bundesverfassungsgericht Solidargemeinschaftshilfe bei der Bewältigung der Haushaltskrisen ein. Kann die Festlegung von eindeutigen Verschuldungsgrenzen...