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Future fiscal and debt policies : Germany in the Context of the European Monetary Union
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013
Currently fiscal policies in Germany seem to be in a very comfortable position and the German Debt Brake is regarded as an institutional precondition for this success and has been exported to the Euro area in the guise of the Fiscal Compact. In this paper we scrutinize German fiscal policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756271
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Fiscal policy in the macroeconomic policy mix : a critique of the new consensus model and a comparison of macroeconomic policies in France, Germany, the UK and Sweden from a post-K...
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2008
Politik in Frankreich, Deutschland, Schweden und Großbritannien analysiert, wobei die Finanzpolitik besonders im Mittelpunkt … von Löhnen und der Lohnpolitik und wegen seiner kompletten Vernachlässigung der stabilisierenden Rolle der Finanzpolitik …. Aus Post-Keynesianischer Sicht wird gezeigt, dass die Finanzpolitik eine wichtige Rolle für die makroökonomische …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003744540
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Fiscal policy and macroeconomic performance in the Euro area : lessons for the future
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2006
Seit dem Begin der Europäischen Währungsunion (EWU) steht die Finanzpolitik in den Staaten des Euroraums ganz im … Stabilität und hohes Wachstum, erreicht worden: In immer mehr Staaten hat das gesamtstaatliche Haushaltsdefizit die zulässige … der Finanzpolitik für den Zeitraum von 2001 bis 2005 im Euroraum und seinen einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten und vergleicht sie …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003744534
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Germany's post-2000 stagnation in the European context - a lesson in macroeconomic mismanagement
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2006
In the present paper we question the mainstream diagnosis of Germany's post-2000 stagnation as well as the prescribed remedies. We show that the "institutional sclerosis" view of Germany's stagnation is unfounded and that therefore the political measures proposed and actually taken are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003744530
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Is the debt brake behind Germany's successful fiscal consolidation?
Rietzler, Katja; Truger, Achim - 2018
Both the German federal as well as the general government recorded a surplus for the fourth time in a row in 2017. The fast consolidation after the Great Recession coincided with the transition period for the full introduction of the federal debt brake, which is sometimes interpreted as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859417
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Austerity in the Euro area : the sad state of economic policy in Germany and the EU
Truger, Achim - 2013
The Euro area is currently going through its worst period of recession and economic stagnation since the Great Depression and World War II. The article tries to give an impression of the extraordinary degree of fiscal austerity and the devastating economic effects it has already had and must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756285
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Fiscal policy and rebalancing in the Euro area : a critique of the German debt brake from a Post-Keynesian perspective
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013
The German debt brake is often regarded as a great success story, and has therefore served as a role model for the Euro area and its fiscal compact. In this paper we fundamentally criticize the debt brake. We show that (1) it suffers from serious shortcomings, and its success is far from certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010187671
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Fiscal Policy and Rebalancing in the Euro Area : A Critique of the German Debt Brake from a Post-Keynesian Perspective
Hein, Eckhard - 2013
The German debt brake is often regarded as a great success story, and has therefore served as a role model for the Euro area and its fiscal compact. In this paper we fundamentally criticize the debt brake. We show that (1) it suffers from serious shortcomings, and its success is far from certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074699
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The golden rule of public investment : a necessary and sufficient reform of the EU fiscal framework?
Truger, Achim - 2016
Finanzpolitik insgesamt größere Spielräume einräumen und die öffentlichen Investitionen als besonders wachstumsrelevante öffentliche …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477456
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Austerity, cyclical adjustment and the remaining leeway for expansionary fiscal policies within the current EU fiscal framework
Truger, Achim - 2015
Fiscal policy in the Euro area is still dominated by austerity measures implemented under the institutional setting of the 'reformed' stability and growth pact, and the even stricter 'fiscal compact'. At the same time, calls for a more expansionary fiscal policy to overcome the economic crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010511177