The present paper presents an analysis of the impact of public infrastructure capital on regional economic developments in Germany. After presenting some descriptive statistical data on the economies of the 11 regions in (West) Germany a simple theoretical model of a cost-minimizing firm is...

This paper examines whether the productivity growth in the West-German states is influenced by the provision of public infrastructure. Medium-term labour productivity growth and output growth varies a lot between German states. This differences are more pronounced during the eighties. The...

This paper presents an investigation of subnational government bailouts in Germany. In the first part we briefly describe the system of fiscal federalism in Germany. The main part of the paper examines the bailout of two West German states. We identify the causes of the financial crisis in both...

"The report is part of the REGARIS (Regional Labour Market Information System) project and presents forecasts of the regional distribution of employment by sector in East Germany for the period up to 1997. Empirical studies on regional labour markets in East Germany are handicapped by the short...

Applied econometric research has been troubled by the fact that estimated adjustment speeds from stock-adjustment models of inventory investment turn out to be "implausibly slow." The paper presents new empirical evidence using business-survey data collected by the IFO Institute Munich, Germany....

The paper examines the question how fiscally strong and fiscally weak states respond to taxing autonomy at the state level, a subject that is currently under debate in Germany where states do have virtually no power to tax. We use a simple theoretical model that incorporates state surtaxes on...

"The report is part of the REGARIS (Regional Labour Market Information System) project and presents forecasts of the regional distribution of employment by sector in East Germany for the period up to 1997. Empirical studies on regional labour markets in East Germany are handicapped by the short...

The article examines the impact of infrastructure supply on private economic activity in cities. Using a simple theoretical model, which takes the financing of infrastructure services into account, it is shown that infrastructures affect the sector composition in cities and the competitiveness...

In einem ersten Abschnitt werden die zentralen Themen der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion im Bereich der ökonomischen Föderalismusforschung in einer selektiven und knappen Übersicht dargestellt. Am Beispiel der Mischfinanzierungstatbestände werden die finanzwirtschaftlichen Beziehungen...