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Postscript: Who will gain from the planned federalism reform?

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  • Bernhard Kempen

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As a supplement to contributions published in ifo Schnelldienst 10/2006 on federalism reform in Germany, Bernhard Kempen, Deutsche Hochschulverband, presents his opinion on the reform proposal. In his view the federalism reform threatens to destroy "the balance between stimulating federal diversity and governmentally necessary uniformity. In the process of the reform discussion, which was motivated more by power politics than by objective considerations, the federal government was forced to relinquish areas that it had until recently considered necessary for the provision of uniform living standards or for the protection of consistent legal and economic conditions". Using the example of the payment systems for civil servants and professors, Kempen presents the possible practical effects of the shift of responsibilities from the federal to the Länder level.

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  • Bernhard Kempen, 2006. "Postscript: Who will gain from the planned federalism reform?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 59(11), pages 03-06, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:59:y:2006:i:11:p:03-06
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    • H00 - Public Economics - - General - - - General
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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