Arbeitspapier

Subnational government bailouts in Germany

The paper presents an investigation of subnational government bailouts in Germany. In a first part we briefly describe the fiscal federalism system in Germany. The main part of the paper examines the bailout of two West German states. We identify the causes of the financial trouble of both states and examine the institutional settings that forced the federal government to provide bailout transfers. In addition, we investigate the impact these transfers had on the fiscal performance of both Länder. In a further section we provide evidence on bailouts of local governments by the German Länder. A final section summarizes our results and presents policy conclusions.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ZEI Working Paper ; No. B 20-1999

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Finanzausgleich
Staatsbankrott
Öffentlicher Transfer
Deutschland
Bremen (Land)
Saarland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Seitz, Helmut
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
1999

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Seitz, Helmut
  • Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)

Time of origin

  • 1999

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