The 2008-09 crisis has shown that some euro area member countries were unable to sufficiently stabilize their economies which has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. In this paper, we analyze the redistributive and stabilizing effects of two scenarios of fiscal...

Most countries have automatic rules in their tax-and-transfer systems that are partly intended to stabilize economic fluctuations. This paper measures how effective they are. We put forward a model that merges the standard incomplete-markets model of consumption and inequality with the new...

Die Produkte und Dienstleistungen der Gesundheitswirtschaft gelten als Kostentreiber, zugleich werden die Wirtschaftskraft der Branche und ihr exzellentes Wachstumspotential durchaus wahrgenommen. Diese empirische Untersuchung geht dieser widersprüchlich geführten Diskussion auf den Grund. Der...

This paper shows that government debt creates a so far neglected wealth effect that has sizable effects on business cycle fluctuations. We present a new channel through which governments can influence cyclical fluctuations generated by any type of shock and contribute to macroeconomic stability....