Der bundesdeutsche Länderfinanzausgleich bedarf der Reform, weil seine rechtlichen Grundlagen, das Maßstäbegesetz und das Finanzausgleichgesetz, bis 2019 befristet sind. Zudem haben mit Bayern und Hessen zwei Geberländer Verfassungsklage gegen die jetzigen Regelungen eingereicht. Die immer...

In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which...

At a time with growing fears of excessive government debt and of overburdened future generations Swiss fiscal policy seems to be the virtuous role model to be followed. Whereas almost everywhere else government debt has been increasing dramatically after the global economic and financial crisis...

We review the major provisions of Dodd-Frank, focusing on the monitoring of systemic risk, the limitation on proprietary trading, the regulation of the hedge fund industry, credit rating agencies, and the rules applicable to derivative trading. We compare these provisions with the recent...

After Germany`s unification massive job cuts have been done in the public sector. This was due to the surplus staff in the eastern German states and municipalities, the "peace dividend" in the military sector and the continuing tight financial situation at all levels of government. This fiscal...

After the onset of the global financial and economic Crisis of 2008, the G20 leaders have repeatedly promised to re-regulate the financial sector and tackle global imbalances. This study examines in how far these promises have been met by action. In contrast to public perception, it is shown...

n the first part of the study developments of factor shares in six advanced economies since the early 1960s are presented. Instead of focusing on the wage share, ie the share of national income that goes to employees, a broader measure is used to account for all labor income, the labor income...

Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich detailliert mit dem Flexibilisierungsinstrument Kurzarbeit. Dazu wird die institutionelle Entwicklung und der Stand der wissenschaftlichen Forschung ausführlich vorgestellt. Ökonomisch finden sich viele Argumente pro Kurzarbeit, wie bspw. die Senkung von...

The debt brake recently introduced into the German constitution forces the German federal states (Länder) to run structurally balanced budgets form 2020 onwards. The study is preoccupied with the potential effects of the debt brakes on the budget of the federal state of Hessen in the transition...

The study examines public statements by German politicians and economic policy advisors on questions of deregulation. The period covered stretches from the former chancellor Gerhard Schröder's speech on the Agenda 2010 reform package in early 2003 until the beginning of the financial crisis in...