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

KBW 3: Cutting government subsidies could contribute substantially to consolidating the budget in Germany.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 2

Kiel Policy Brief No. 41: The German system of income taxation is characterized by a strong degree of progression. “Bracket creep” due to the increase of nominal incomes leads to additional tax revenues in the range of €5 billion per year in the...

After the German unification, a large number of measures were taken to improve or build up the infrastructure in the new federal states, to promote investment activity and to cushion the adjustment process socio-politically.

Subsidies are selective benefits granted by the federal government, states, municipalities and other state institutions in favor of selected branches of production and ultimately certain groups of persons.

The authors analyse public subsidies in Germany and provide actual figures of subsidy expenditures and tax concessions as granted by the various federal layers (federal budget, states, communities) as well as by special budgets and the European...