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Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees: Evidence for Germany

We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker·s altruism, and increases or decreases with a workers laziness depending on his altruism. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we find that public sector employees are significantly ...

Vermögensteuer auf Immobilien: Gefahr der Vernachlässigung von Marktsignalen

In der griechischen Krise wurde die Vermögensteuer auf Immobilien (VSI) relativ zum Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) um das Vierfache erhöht, um die Haushaltseinnahmen zu steigern. Dieser Anstieg trug zu einem fast vollständigen Einfrieren des Immobilienmarktes, zu einem Verfall der Immobilienpreise und zu einer Vertiefung der Rezession bei. Unter konservativen Annahmen lässt sich schließen, dass die VSI ...

Abbau von Investitions- und Exporthemmnissen in den griechischen Gütermärkten

Die Bekämpfung der chronischen Schwächen Griechenlands bei Investitionen und Ausfuhren ist essenziell für die Überwindung der schweren Wirtschaftskrise. Um hierErfolge zu erzielen, sind die Strukturreformen in den Bereichen Gewerbezulassungen und Unternehmensgründungen, Wettbewerb, Berufszugang, Liegenschaftsverwaltung und Außenhandel von essentieller Bedeutung. Beginnend mit den Herausforderungen ...

Die griechische Wirtschaftskrise, Arbeitsmarkt und Politikmaßnahmen

Die historische Entscheidung für Griechenlands Verbleib in der Eurozone und der Europäischen Union auf dem Eurogipfel am 12. Juli 2015 hat Griechenland die Chance eröffnet, wieder zu Wachstum und Nachhaltigkeit zurückzukehren. Dies setzt allerdings voraus, dass es die notwendigen Schritte unternimmt, um die Reformen fortzusetzen. Die griechische Regierung und ihre Partner (Europäische Kommission, Europäische ...

Short- and Long-Term Participation Tax Rates and Their Impact on Labor Supply

Generous income support programs as provided by European welfare states have often been blamed to hamper employment. This paper investigates the importance of incentives inherent in the tax-benefit system for the individual decision to take up work. Using German microdata over the period 1993–2010, we find that recent reforms in Germany increased work incentives at the extensive margin measured by ...

Effectiveness of the ECB Programme of Asset Purchases: Where Do We Stand? In-Depth Analysis

Indirect Fiscal Effects of Long-Term Care Insurance

Informal care by close family members is the main pillar of most longterm care systems. However, due to demographic ageing the need for long-term care is expected to increase while the informal care potential is expected to decline. From a budgetary perspective, informal care is often viewed as a cost-saving alternative to subsidized formal care. This view, however neglects that many family carers ...

The Signaling Role of Fiscal Austerity

I build a model where creditworthy countries may use fiscal austerity to communicate their ability to repay sovereign debt and show that the signaling channel is active only for high levels of asymmetric information. The model generates a negative association between the amount of public information, provided by the rating agencies, and fiscal tightness. Informed by the model predictions, I build a ...

Credit Rating Agency Downgrades and the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crises

This paper studies the reaction of the Euro's value against major currencies to sovereign rating announcements from Moody's, S&P and Fitch CRAs during the Eurozone debt crisis in 2010–2012 based on event study methodology combined with GARCH models. We also analyze how the yields of French, Italian, German and Spanish government long-term bonds were affected by CRA announcements. Our results reveal ...

Strengthen national climate policy implementation: Comparative empirical learning & creating linkage to climate finance – SNAPFI

About Our Project The project researches the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Brazil, Germany/EU, India, Indonesia and South Africa, by research-based policy advice and capacity building. The project will especially analyse policy and financial instruments that support the just transition to a climate-friendly pathway and that can contribute to the mobilization of...