Artikel

Behebung eines Webfehlers: Wie die Konjunkturkomponente demokratisch legitimiert und nachhaltiger werden könnte

The optimisation of the cyclical adjustment procedure under the German debt brake should focus on how to contribute to a democratically legitimate and sustainable fiscal policy. In this article, we discuss four criteria that should be satisfied: The method must (i) be sufficiently determined, (ii) take the current state of research into account, (iii) incentivise a policy that enhances supply-side capacities, and (iv) be transparent. We show that today's form of the cyclically adjusted budget balance does not satisfy these criteria, and we propose a reform. Finally, we discuss several recent trends in German fiscal policy, questioning whether such a reform can save the debt brake's plausibility.

Alternative title
Fixing a design error
Language
Deutsch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Wirtschaftsdienst ; ISSN: 1613-978X ; Volume: 102 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 11 ; Pages: 826-829 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification
Wirtschaft
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Fiscal Policy
National Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Schuster, Florian
Sigl-Glöckner, Philippa
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Springer
(where)
Heidelberg
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.1007/s10273-022-3323-0
Handle
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  • Artikel

Associated

  • Schuster, Florian
  • Sigl-Glöckner, Philippa
  • Springer

Time of origin

  • 2022

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