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Demographic change in industrialized nations has been a matter of common interest for some time. The financial implications of an ageing society are also increasingly discussed, particularly with regard to pension systems. The impact of this development on public finances is, however, only gradually being realized and the constitutional framework of public finances in Germany and the European Union just falls short of ignoring it entirely. This paper is a preliminary assessment of the burden of an ageing society under the fiscal law, specifically in respect of prospective entitlements to the public pension system. The first part analyses the provisions of the German constitution on finances (Finanzverfassungsrecht) to identify what rules, if any, exist addressing such (potential) expenditures, which lie in the immediate or very distant future. The second part of the paper analyses the fiscal requirements under European Union law. In the third and final part a few comments on the proposed national pact on stability and the recent moves to amend the German Federal Constitution are presented.
In einem modernen Staat finden immer wieder Gedenkveranstaltungen unterschiedlichster Art statt. Man will sich schöner und weniger schöner, beglückender und traumatischer Ereignisse erinnern, um daraus sich selbst und der Welt ein Wir- Gefühl und ein Selbstbild zu präsentieren. In diesem Sinn wurden am 8. Mai 1985 und am 8. Mai 2005 Gedenkveranstaltungen im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages abgehalten; Hauptredner waren die jeweiligen Bundespräsidenten, 1985 Richard von Weizsäcker, 2005 Horst Köhler. Beide Reden - sie werden Gegenstand der nachfolgenden Analysen und Interpretationen sein - sind heute im Internet leicht abrufbar: Die Rede von Weizsäckers habe ich von der Homepage der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, die Rede Köhlers vom Internetauftritt des Bundespräsidialamtes bezogen. Die beiden Texte, die mir in dieser Form zugänglich wurden, werde ich nun beschreiben.
Multiple lenders and corporate distress: evidence on debt restructuring : [Version Juni 2006]
(2006)
In the recent theoretical literature on lending risk, the coordination problem in multi-creditor relationships have been analyzed extensively. We address this topic empirically, relying on a unique panel data set that includes detailed credit-file information on distressed lending relationships in Germany. In particular, it includes information on creditor pools, a legal institution aiming at coordinating lender interests in borrower distress. We report three major findings. First, the existence of creditor pools increases the probability of workout success. Second, the results are consistent with coordination costs being positively related to pool size. Third, major determinants of pool formation are found to be the number of banks, the distribution of lending shares, and the severity of the distress shock.
Im Folgenden sollen die von Pierre Bourgeade verfassten Theaterwerke 'Deutsches Requiem' und 'Berlin, 9 novembre' analysiert werden, welche beispielhaft für die Tendenz stehen, in der französischen Gegenwartsliteratur herkömmliche Wahrnehmungs- und Darstellungsmuster Deutschlands und der Deutschen einer konstruktiven Revision zu unterziehen. Zuvor jedoch soll ein Überblick über zentrale Verfahren im Umgang mit Fremdstereotypen die Voraussetzung schaffen für die anschließende Bewertung der Darstellung Deutschlands und der Deutschen bei Pierre Bourgeade.
A língua como pátria
(2006)
It is our aim to focus on certain aspects of the complex relationship between language – particularly German – and homeland/identity as seen in the work of a number of Jewish poets and authors. Initially we wish to point out this conflicting relationship in the work of Paul Celan and Rose Ausländer, two Jewish poets born in Romania. The examples of Viktor Klemperer and Ruth Klüger emphasize the complexity of this specific characteristic in the biography/work of German authors of Jewish origin. Elias Canetti, the Nobel Laureate born in Bulgaria, is a literary personality whose biography shows the importance of German culture influence in Eastern Europe at the beginning of the Twentieth Century: Canetti considers himself a German poet who belongs to the German-speaking cultural and literary world.