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Political cohesion under conditions of fiscal scarcity - German federalism in the time of COVID-19

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr Sabine Kropp

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Freie Universität Berlin

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Economic impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Applying a mixed-methods design, the project will investigate how German governments at both federal levels are coping with fiscal scarcity caused by the extensive COVID-19 support packages. The project will examine the extent to which opportunistic strategies that are regarded as typical for federal settings affect political cohesion and which political and institutional safeguards are suitable for containing those strategies. By examining the German case, the project will offer an innovative contribution to comparative federalism.