The debate concerning the future of the EU has been in full swing ever since Emmanuel Macron’s (2017) Sorbonne speech. New threats to internal and external security in Europe require a stronger EU. In addition, Brexit is ripping a hole in the EU finances. This pressure for reform must be used...

Der Artikel schlägt eine alternative Methode zur Berechnung der verwendungsseitigen Wachstumsbeiträge vor, bei der die Einfuhr von Waren und Dienstleistungen auf die einzelnen Verwendungskomponenten gemäß ihrer Importanteile verteilt wird. Demnach spielen die deutschen Ausfuhren eine weit...

Das preisbereinigte Bruttoinlandsprodukt gilt als der umfassende Maßstab für die wirtschaftliche Leistung einer Volkswirtschaft. Seit geraumer Zeit gibt es in der Wirtschaftsstatistik einen weiteren Schlüsselindikator, nämlich das im Inland entstandene Realeinkommen. Die beiden Indikatoren...

We study whether and how much the interest bill conditions the size and composition of public expenditures. The group of EU 15 countries over the 1995-2016 period is the object of analysis. We study both total public expenditures and public expenditures by function of government in order to...

As a starting point, this paper recognizes the importance of gender equity for economic growth, societal well-being, and sustainable development. Moreover, the paper acknowledges that while women make up half of the world's population, most policy, program and government initiatives affect women...

The Swiss fiscal rule or "debt brake" is applied to simulated data of economic output and fiscal revenues. The budget remains almost perfectly balanced and the debt ratio stable over the medium and long term: The cyclical adjustment of the debt brake is effective in terms of its primary...

The paper deals with the weakness of the Czech public finance - the lack of performance information. The budgeting in the Czech Republic still relies on the incremental method and omits using of performance indicators. On the contrary, most of the OECD member countries has adopted some type of...