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Makroökonomische Stabilisierung und "Beggar-Thy-Neighbour„-Verhalten am Beispiel der Finanzkrise

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Bechmann, U., Schwarz, P. Makroökonomische Stabilisierung und "Beggar-Thy-Neighbour„-Verhalten am Beispiel der Finanzkrise. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 44(2), 161-184. https://doi.org/10.3790/kuk.44.2.161
Bechmann, Ulrike and Schwarz, Peter "Makroökonomische Stabilisierung und "Beggar-Thy-Neighbour„-Verhalten am Beispiel der Finanzkrise" Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 44.2, 2011, 161-184. https://doi.org/10.3790/kuk.44.2.161
Bechmann, Ulrike/Schwarz, Peter (2011): Makroökonomische Stabilisierung und "Beggar-Thy-Neighbour„-Verhalten am Beispiel der Finanzkrise, in: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, vol. 44, iss. 2, 161-184, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/kuk.44.2.161

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Makroökonomische Stabilisierung und "Beggar-Thy-Neighbour„-Verhalten am Beispiel der Finanzkrise

Bechmann, Ulrike | Schwarz, Peter

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 44 (2011), Iss. 2 : pp. 161–184

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Ulrike Bechmann, Wissenschaftlicher Stab des Sachverständigenrates zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, Richard-Wagner-Straße 21, D-65193 Wiesbaden.

Dr. Peter Schwarz, Jacobs University Bremen, Weizenkampstraße 1, D-28199 Bremen.

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Fiscal Stabilization and Beggar-Thy-Neighbour Behaviour During the Financial Crisis

Discretionary fiscal policy can – owing to spillover effects – share characteristics of a public good, whenever some countries stabilize output, whereas others free ride and benefit from increasing import demand. Economic theory suggests that especially small countries and countries with large import shares have an incentive to free ride and stabilize less intensively. Prominent US-economists blamed the German government that it pursues a „Beggar-thy-Neighbour" policy during the current financial crisis. We investigate this hypothesis by analyzing the stimulus packages of roughly 50 countries during the financial crisis. Generally, the effects of country size and import shares are small suggesting that there is no need for international coordination of fiscal policy.