Die Corona-Pandemie hat 2020 zu einem der stärksten Einbrüche der Wirtschaftsleistung seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg geführt. Sie droht, Armut und Ungleichheit zu erhöhen. Auch die Staatsfinanzen sind durch die Krise in Mitleidenschaft geraten. Gleichzeitig ist der Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen...

This paper examines the patterns and trends in inter-state migration across Indian states and observes that migration is affected by demographic profile as well as the fiscal profile of states. Econometric estimation suggests that level of vertical federal transfers and its horizontal...

The subject of this research is to analyze a number of factors that impact the quality of public finances in the selected post-socialist South East countries (SEE). In the theoretical part of the paper we have selected and analyzed the factors (variables). The following key factors of influence...

Public spending often increases at the end of fiscal years. This is undesirable because late spending tends to be inefficient. The causes for these spending spikes are however poorly understood. This paper offers a novel identification strategy that relies on the historic variation in countries'...

The Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) is a data collection system designed to methodically process and integrate local government data for monitoring both micro impacts of macroeconomic shocks and multidimensional poverty (Partnership for Economic Policy 2018). It aims to address existing...