Analysis of the Funding Budget
Project period: November 2018 – February 2019
Research Areas:
Tasks
The Funding Commission intends to present the funding data of the Free State of Saxony in relation to the general budget. To accomplish this the ifo Institute received access to budget data in order to present them in a coherent graphical format.
Methods
The Free State of Saxony’s budget data are sorted by title and funding code. The objective was to identify the expenditures that can be classified as funding. This was achieved by developing various classification schemes.
Data and other sources
Budget data of the Free State of Saxony
Results
It became apparent that the budget statistics were inadequate to accomplish the required task. Therefore, the project was stopped; the Funding Commission’s report critically evaluated the Free States’ budget statistics and called for their future adjustment.
Publications
Final Report of the Funding Commission, July 2019 (available at http://www.smf.sachsen.de)
