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Kommunale Verschuldung in Deutschland: Struktur verstehen - Risiken abschätzen

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  • Ronny Freier
  • Verena Grass

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Everyone is talking about public debt. Europe's economic and financial crisis is, not least, a crisis of sovereign and local government debt. In Germany, along with national and regional government debt, local authorities' obligations are also coming under the spotlight again. Using comprehensive data records, this study analyzes the debt structure of local German authorities from 1998 to 2009. In addition to the risk of rising local government debt, the rapid increase in short-term lending and the terms of local government debt also show an increased risk potential. Staatliche Schulden sind in aller Munde. Die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise Europas ist nicht zuletzt eine Krise staatlicher und kommunaler Verschuldung. In Deutschland rücken neben den Schulden von Bund und Ländern auch die Verpflichtungen der Kommunen wieder ins Zentrum der Betrachtung. Mit einem umfassenden Datensatz über die Jahre 1998 bis 2009 untersucht diese Studie die Verschuldungsstruktur der deutschen Kommunen. Neben dem Risiko der deutlich gewachsenen kommunalen Verschuldung zeigen der Anstieg von Kassenkrediten und die Fristigkeiten der kommunalen Schulden ein erhöhtes Risikopotential auf.

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  • Ronny Freier & Verena Grass, 2013. "Kommunale Verschuldung in Deutschland: Struktur verstehen - Risiken abschätzen," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 80(16), pages 13-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwob:80-16-3
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    1. Borck, Rainald & Fossen, Frank M. & Freier, Ronny & Martin, Thorsten, 2015. "Race to the debt trap? — Spatial econometric evidence on debt in German municipalities," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 20-37.
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    Keywords

    Germany; municipal debt;

    JEL classification:

    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
    • H74 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Borrowing

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