Institut für Öffentliche Finanzen und Public Management / Institute of Public Finance and Public Management
The Institute of Public Finance and Public Management currently consists of four professorships (https://www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fuer-oeffentliche-finanzen-und-public-management) and two competence centres, the Competence Centre for Municipal Infrastructure in Saxony (www.uni-leipzig.de/komkis) as well as the Competence Centre for Public Economics, Infrastructure and Public Services (www.kowid.de). The Institute's research focuses on comparative fiscal federalism research, analysing financial relations in Germany, municipal finances and debt-limiting provisions. In addition to its focus on economics, the Institute is characterised by interdisciplinary research that encompasses aspects of political, administrative and legal sciences.