KBW 37: The present Kiel subsidy report focuses on the analysis of federal financial assistance in 2021 and the extent to which expenditures in 2020 and 2021 related to the Corona pandemic are subsidies.

KBW 30: The authors note that, although public budgets showed significant surpluses before the Corona crisis, both revenues and expenditures had risen noticeably relative to economic output.

KBW 29: The new Kiel Subsidy Report analyses the financial aid provided by the federal government (including ancillary budgets) and the tax concessions granted as a whole up to the 2020 budget.

On 3 June 2020, the grand coalition put together a "stimulus package" and a "package for the future" worth 170 billion euros to combat the consequences of corona, secure prosperity and strengthen sustainability.

KBW 14: In the present Kiel Institute subsidy report the federal grants as well as total tax benefits are documented until the year 2017.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 28. Cutting government subsidies could contribute substantially to consolidating the budget in Germany.