The recent judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court has clarified that the debt brake enshrined in the … or reform of the debt brake, but also raises the question being examined here of how such a restrictive fiscal policy …

The transition to climate neutrality within the framework of the Paris Agreement and the EU Green Deal means a … time, this step opens up a discussion on the existing rules of the German debt brake for other federal states. …

The recent judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court has clarified that the debt brake enshrined in the … or reform of the debt brake, but also raises the question being examined here of how such a restrictive fiscal policy …

control method used compares Germany's actual investment activity with a synthetic "Germany without a debt brake". This …In the debate on the German debt brake, there is an emerging consensus in favour of reform. Most recently, Feld et al …. (2024) attempted to refute the frequently voiced criticism that the debt brake hinders government investment. The synthetic …

The political debate regarding the consequences of the German "debt brake" continues. The arguments against its current … always been whether the German debt brake constrains public investment. A recent study by Feld et al. (2024) applies the …-known arguments against the German debt brake. This article counters their arguments. …

debt brake, which is sometimes interpreted as causality. At the same time Germany's economic performance is better than … German debt brake is not the cause of the successful budget consolidation in Germany since 2010. The improvement of the … strong upswing Germany would hardly have become the fiscal role model for Europe and the German debt brake would not have …

Germany needs 782 billion euros in additional public spending for its modernisation by 2030. German politicians have so … constitutional reform of the debt brake. Neither strategy can realistically be implemented in the short term. In this policy paper … in the short term: the debt brake already provides options to take on debt for productive expenditure as part of the …