Welche Effekte hatte das Bundesverfassungsgerichtsurteil von 2023 zum Nachtragshaushalt 2021 und damit zur Anwendung der Schuldenbremse auf die öffentlichen Investitionen in Deutschland? Dieser Beitrag zeigt, dass das Urteil nur einen moderaten negativen Effekt im Bundeshaushalt hatte, dessen...

Various options are being discussed to increase Germany's defense capabilities. Increasing the size of the Bundeswehr is proving difficult, and compulsory military service hardly seems feasible for economic and socio-political reasons. A European army and technological alternatives such as...

Welche Effekte hatte das Bundesverfassungsgerichtsurteil von 2023 zum Nachtragshaushalt 2021 und damit zur Anwendung der Schuldenbremse auf die öffentlichen Investitionen in Deutschland? Dieser Beitrag zeigt, dass das Urteil nur einen moderaten negativen Effekt im Bundeshaushalt hatte, dessen...

"El crecimiento económico en las décadas pasadas (5% en promedio en los últimos 15 años) permitió importantes avances del Perú en el sector salud. Como consecuencia, los indicadores de desarrollo del sector, tales como mortalidad infantil y materna y la desnutrición crónica muestran una...

The report analyses the fiscal and macroeconomic environment in the lagging regions and the relevant Member States of the EU, as a sound and sustainable macroeconomic framework is a necessary, but by itself not a sufficient precondition for investment and growth in the regions. It starts with...

This report is an annex to wiiw Research Report 421, 'Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions I Fiscal and Macroeconomic Environment'. It provides eight detailed country case studies, analysing the fiscal and macroeconomic environment in Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania...

This paper explores how improved internet infrastructure impacts supply chains and economic activity, focusing on Türkiye. Using the expansion of fiber-optic networks and firm-to-firm transaction data, we find that better connectivity shifts input sourcing to well-connected regions and...

Imbalances in regional infrastructural availability have been a major reason behind lopsided development in India. This paper examines the veracity of this argument in light of empirical results at the district level using a multidimensional approach with sub-sectoral, sectoral and composite...

This paper uses data contained in the Regional Public Accounts database to investigate the heterogeneity of the impact of public infrastructure across Italian regions basing the analysis also on institutional and political ground. The issue is here addressed linking the analysis of the impact of...

Social infrastructure has endured a long period of neglect in most developed and emerging countries, with chronic underinvestment exposed by the coronavirus crisis 2020. The financial crisis 2007/08 led to a slow revival of economic infrastructure policies, and a growing involvement of...