Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314813 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] Wirtschaftsdienst [ISSN:] 1613-978X [Volume:] 105 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 44-47
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract (Translated): 
A fiscal rule is economically sensible if it ensures sustainable public finances. The German debt brake does no such thing because it is blind to the two key determinants of fiscal sustainability - interest rates and growth. We therefore propose modelling a reformed German fiscal rule on the principles of the European fiscal rules, which relates the borrowing limit to macroeconomic conditions, in particular interest rates and growth. A dynamic fiscal rule is incompatible with rigid limits on the structural deficit in the constitution. Moreover, the new fiscal rule should tie government borrowing to productive spending, improving potential growth and debt sustainability in the long term.
Subjects: 
Haushaltskonsolidierung
Reform
Deutschland
JEL: 
H50
H60
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Document Type: 
Article

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