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Interstate Risk Sharing in Germany: 1970-2006

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  • Ralf Hepp

    (Fordham University)

  • Juergen von Hagen

    (University of Bonn and Indiana University)

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We study the channels of interstate risk sharing in Germany for the time period 1970 to 2006, estimating the degrees of smoothing of a shock to a state's gross domestic product by factor markets, the government sector, and credit markets, respectively. Within the government sector, we pay special attention to Germany's fiscal equalization mechanism. For pre-unification Germany, we find that about 19 percent of a shock are smoothed by private factor markets, 50 percent are smoothed by the German government sector, and a further 17 percent are smoothed through credit markets. For the post-reunification period, 1995 to 2006, the relative importance of the smoothing channels has changed. Factor markets contribute around 50.5 percent to consumption smoothing. The government sector's role is diminished: it smoothes around 10 percent of a shock. Fiscal equalization only plays a very small role for consumption smoothing in Germany.

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Paper provided by University of Connecticut, Department of Economics in its series Working papers with number 2010-13.

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Length: 23 pages
Date of creation: 2010
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Handle: RePEc:uct:uconnp:2010-13

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Keywords: Regional Risk-sharing; Factor Markets; Consumption Smoothing; Fiscal Federalism;

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  1. Claudia M. Buch, 2012. "From the Stability Pact to ESM - What next?," IAW Discussion Papers 85, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW).

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