Abstract: Der Finanzföderalismus zeichnet sich durch eine inhärente Ineffizienz aus, die gerade in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten besonders sichtbar wurde: nachlässige Budgetbeschränkungen. Der Band trägt zur Erforschung des Finanzföderalismus mit der Absicht bei, die Erwartungen an...

High employment in America stems not from flexible wages, but from institutions that foster high effective demand, especially in health care, higher education, housing, and the spending of retirees. These institutions combine public and private revenue sources so as to establish soft budget...

We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 over the period 1970-2006 using stationarity and cointegration analysis. Specifically, we use panel unit root tests of the first and second generation allowing in some cases for structural breaks. We also apply modern panel...

Previous studies report that cash holdings are more valuable for financially constrained firms than for unconstrained firms. We examine (i) why this is so and (ii) why some constrained firms appear to hold too little cash. Our results indicate that greater cash holdings are associated with...