Mit beeindruckenden finanzpolitischen Konsolidierungsbemühungen hat es Italien - trotz extrem hoher Defizite zu Beginn der 90er Jahre - geschafft, die Maastricht-Kriterien zu erfüllen und von Beginn an Mitglied des Euroraums zu sein. Skeptiker weisen indes auf weiterhin bestehende finanzpolitische Probleme hin und heben hervor, dass Italien die Vorgaben des Konsolidierungsprogramms seit einiger Zeit ...
We analyse the effectiveness of fiscal policy rules for business cycle stabilisation in a monetary union using a quarterly macro-econometric model of Germany. The simulations compare a deficit target and an expenditure target under a range of supply, demand and fiscal shocks. Their effects are evaluated by their impact on prices and output. The analysis demonstrates that in general the deficit target ...
In wichtigen Bereichen wie Steuerpolitik, Bildung und Energie muss die zukünftige Große Koalition deutlich ambitionierter sein – Reformbedarf in Deutschland wird unzureichend angepackt Deutschlands nächste Regierung wird höchstwahrscheinlich erneut eine Große Koalition. Die Ergebnisse der Sondierungen zwischen Unionsparteien und SPD, die als Basis für die gegenwärtigen ...
Households can rely on private savings or on public unemployment insurance to hedge against the risk of becoming unemployed. These hedging mechanisms are used differently across countries. In this paper, we use a life cycle model to study the effects of unemployment on the portfolio choice of households in the US and in Germany. We distinguish short- and long-term unemployment and find that, in case ...
We use a life-cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment decisions of households for the European case. Our model is mainly based on the one developed by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout (2005). We extend it by unemployment risk using Markov chains to model the transition between different employment states. In contrast to most models in the ...
We use a life cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment decisions of households for the European case. Our model is mainly based on the one developed by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout (2005). We extend it by unemployment risk using Markov chains to model the transition between different employment states. In contrast to most models in the ...