Julius Weitzdörfer analysiert die Ursachen und Folgen organisierter Kreditkriminalität in Japan sowie Lösungswege aus rechtssoziologischer und rechtsökonomischer Sicht. Denn seit der Jahrtausendwende hat sich Japans Verbraucherkreditwesen durch intensive Regulierung, extensive Rechtsprechung...

Um den nachfolgenden Generationen ein funktionsfähiges Staatswesen übergeben zu können, ist eine Konsolidierung der öffentlichen Finanzen unumgänglich. Zu diesem Ergebnis kamen die Teilnehmer der Konferenz von Bertelsmann Stiftung, ifo Institut und International Monetary Fund im November...

Natural disasters can put severe strain on public finances, in particular in developing and small countries. But catastrophe insurance markets increasingly offer opportunities for the transfer of such risks. Thus far, developing countries have only tepidly begun to tap these opportunities. More...

This paper focuses on the Public Financial Management—Performance Report for the Maldives. In line with the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) methodology, the assessment focuses on the fiscal performance during 2005–08, and the institutions and procedures that were in...

The economic and financial crisis is affecting the fiscal accounts of virtually every country. Public sector support for the financial system, fiscal stimulus and the automatic stabilizers, as well as the revenue decline from the downturn in commodity and asset prices, are leading to sharp...

Although the past decade has shown how populist governments may challenge the EU’s budgetary framework, we still lack an understanding of the circumstances under which populists are more likely to mobilize against EU-level decision-making in this field, and what this mobilization may look...