Die Studie untersucht die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Finanzpolitik in den Mitgliedsländern der EU zur Erreichung gesamtwirtschaftlicher Ziele, insbesondere der Verbesserung der Wachstums- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen. Dabei wird auch auf das Zusammenwirken der Finanzpolitik mit den...

The European Redemption Pact (ERP), a proposal of the German Council of Economic Experts, describes an exit strategy from the debt crisis which currently plagues the euro area. The pact includes a binding commitment of all participating countries to bring public debt ratios below the reference...

One possible solution to the sovereign debt crisis is the European Redemption Pact (ERP) proposed by the German Council of Economic Experts. The ERP provides sustainable financing conditions for participating sovereigns to facilitate bringing public debt ratios below the reference value of 60%...

We show that in the EU there were diverse causes for the sovereign debt crisis. Yet, fiscal austerity was hastily imposed assuming that the multiplier would be weak and fiscal consolidation could quickly be achieved. Yet, it turned out that fiscal consolidation is state dependent: It is...