High employment protection in the public sector results in strategic over-employment if government divisions compete for budgets in a dynamic setting. Bureaucrats who are interested in maximising their divisions' output employ excess labor, since this induces the sponsor to provide complementary...

The current European fiscal framework is highly complex. The multitude of fiscal rules and the discretion in their enforcement precludes an effective oversight and weakens the effectiveness of fiscal rules substantially. Against this background, we present a proposal for a careful refocusing of...

Internationale Organisationen empfehlen nachdrücklich, öffentliche Haushalte von der klassischen kameralen Buchführung auf die doppelte Buchführung (Doppik) umzustellen. Doppische Haushalte sollen den Wertverzehr der öffentlichen Infrastruktur offenlegen und die implizite Verschuldung...

High employment protection in the public sector results in strategic over-employment if government divisions compete for budgets in a dynamic setting. Bureaucrats who are interested in maximising their divisions' output employ excess labor, since this induces the sponsor to provide complementary...