Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/56412 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 77
Publisher: 
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Freiburg i. Br.
Abstract: 
In this paper, we discuss the latest generational accounting results for 12 of the 15 EU member states, which were prepared on behalf of the European Commission by an international team of experts. We proceed as follows: Section 2 summarises the characteristic features of the standardised generational accounting concept on which the computations were based. Section 3 investigates the divergence of the European countries in terms of long-run fiscal sustainability, and attempts to work out the fundamental forces behind this outcome. Section 4 focuses on the long-term state of fiscal policy in Germany and the UK. This seems instructive, since the two states run markedly contrasted public pension systems. Counterfactual experiments are used to assess the potential for more balanced fiscal policy. Section 5 concludes the paper.
Subjects: 
Sustainable Public Finances
Generational Accounting
European Union
JEL: 
E62
H55
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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