This paper deals with long-term unemployment from the perspective of recent contributions to the topic. We present recent empirical facts and results from the labor economics literature with a focus on Germany as well as new arguments from the macro literature. We also evaluate potential...

Is there a role for debt beyond curing overaccumulation of capital? Does dynamic efficiency and the infeasibility of debt Ponzi schemes eliminate any Pareto-improving role for a government in a competitive economy with complete markets? Is there an optimal maturity structure of public debt?...

In der Diskussion um eine Reform des Länderfinanzausgleichs wird immer wieder gefordert, die Eigenverantwortung der Länder und damit deren Anreize zur Generierung von Steuereinnahmen zu stärken. Hierzu wird vorgeschlagen, Einnahmeunterschiede zwischen den verschiedenen Ländern weit weniger...