Expert for sustainable financial policy of new DIW Berlin tax estimators

In future, DIW Berlin will be represented in the biennial Tax Estimate Study Group by financial expert Holger Bonin. The new tax estimator is one of the leading experts in the estimation of fiscal sustainability using generational accounting. In his academic work, Holger Bonin devotes himself to the empirical study of matters of current economic policy. Among other things, he has studied the long-term development of pension fund finances, the opportunities for the revival of the low-wage sector by fiscal measures and the effects of employment protection in Germany. In addition to his research, Bonin is regularly involved with academic advisory projects for the government. Dr Bonin received his doctorate under Prof. Raffelhüschen who holds the Chair of Public Finance at Freiburg University. In addition to various other tasks, he is currently heading the department of Innovation, Manufacturing, Service at DIW Berlin.

The Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, representatives of the five economic research institutes, the Federal Statistical Office, Deutsche Bundesbank, the Expert Council on Macroeconomic Development, the finance ministries of the States and the Federal Association of the Main Municipal Organizations are leading members of the independent Tax Estimate Study Group. The task of the Study Group is to always prepare a medium-term tax estimate in May as well as an estimate for the current and next year in the autumn. The results of the Study Group will be adopted in the budget forecast or the medium-term financial plans of the Federal Government.

DIW Berlin is the largest German economic research institute. Economics and policy advice, including the relevant services, are closely linked at the highest level at DIW. In this way, the Institute will satisfy the requirement of the Leibniz Society to provide research-based advice for the political community and a wide public.