Sustainable finance is often discussed as a solution to the climate crisis, but its impacts are limited and its discourse focuses on mobilising private investments through public de-risking, without considering direct government action. We argue that this is due to an implicit reference to...

During the Covid-19 crisis, most OECD countries used short-time work (subsidized reductions in working hours) to preserve employment. This paper documents that short-time work affects the behavior of firms (supply) and households (demand). First, using household survey data from Germany, we show...

Die Bedeutung von Ausgaben für öffentliche Zwischenprodukte wird in Modellen zum zwischenstaatlichen Wettbewerb um Kapital kaum berücksichtigt. In diesem Buch wird daher der Schwerpunkt der Betrachtung auf den Ausgabenwettbewerb gelegt. Insbesondere wird gezeigt, dass die fiskalpolitischen...

This budget brief presents a summary of developments in Myanmar's public finances. This report includes two sections that cover the aggregate fiscal update and public finance developments in core service delivery ministries. The report relies on data obtained from published reports of the...

This paper empirically studies the role of financial development in the fiscal response function by distinguishing high and low financial development regimes based on a data driven selection mechanism and investigating two groups of economies, European Union (EU) members and OECD countries from...

Die Arbeitsgruppe Wettbewerb des Wirtschaftspolitischen Ausschusses im Verein für Sozialpolitik hat ihre Jahrestagung 2010 der Frage "Reform der Finanzmarktregulierung" gewidmet. Der vorliegende Band, der von Prof. Peter Oberender (Universität Bayreuth) herausgegeben wird, setzt seinen...

Ethiopia's framework for managing its monetary and foreign exchange policy has relied on some standard instruments of financial repression. Over time, the framework has led to the buildup of large macro-financial imbalances. Exiting financial repression while maintaining macroeconomic stability...

There is consensus that the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) needs to evolve. In this paper, we put forward reform ideas aimed at reducing debt levels, enabling sustainable growth and strengthening Europe's sovereignty without a change in primary legislation. The current fiscal framework leads to...