Ein Risikostrukturausgleich für die Bundesländer

Ashok Kaul () and Gero Müller ()

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2014, vol. 94, issue 8, 570-574

Abstract: In Germany, a lively debate about the reform of the financial equalisation scheme between the member states (“Länder”) is under way. There is broad consensus that the member states’ financial responsibility has to be strengthened. A reduction of the transfer level of tax receipts from high-income to low-income states could achieve this objective, but at the cost of solidarity between states. To avoid this trade-off, the authors propose an indicator-based risk adjustment scheme. Their aim is to equalise different financial needs, not only differences in tax revenues across states. Risk adjustment schemes are a well-established instrument, especially in social health care systems. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: H77 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10273-014-1716-4

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