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Altschuldenentlastung der Bundesländer: Verteilungswirkungen ausgewählter Vorschläge

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  • Joachim Ragnitz

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Due to large public deficits in the past, many German states face high interest payments in their budgets today. Therefore, a restructuring of this outstanding debt will be a major topic in forthcoming negotiations on the future design of the fiscal equalisation scheme. This article presents some proposals that are currently being discussed and calculates their redistributional effects between the federal government and the states. It is shown that all models would lead to a significantly higher burden for the federal budget. The only way to afford this is either to increase the value added tax rates or to keep the so-called solidarity surcharge that was originally introduced to finance transfers to East Germany. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Joachim Ragnitz, 2014. "Altschuldenentlastung der Bundesländer: Verteilungswirkungen ausgewählter Vorschläge," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 94(9), pages 631-637, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:94:y:2014:i:9:p:631-637
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-014-1726-2
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    1. Bofinger, Peter & Schnabel, Isabel & Feld, Lars P. & Schmidt, Christoph M. & Wieland, Volker, 2014. "Mehr Vertrauen in Marktprozesse. Jahresgutachten 2014/15 [More confidence in market processes. Annual Report 2014/15]," Annual Economic Reports / Jahresgutachten, German Council of Economic Experts / Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, volume 127, number 201415.

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    H63; H77;

    JEL classification:

    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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