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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 2 12 18 424
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 1 1 12 18 40
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 0 5 10 164
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 0 14 16 72
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 0 10 14 159
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 101 1 7 14 432
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 0 186 3 18 38 740
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 5 9 11 377
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 0 9 16 109
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 3 12 17 73
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 1 96 5 9 13 339
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 0 5 8 310
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 1 41 5 13 18 128
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 1 1 56 2 15 22 142
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 65 1 8 21 171
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 0 4 14 185
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 2 3 5 231 9 26 51 904
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 1 9 12 92
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 29 0 3 9 120
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 0 53 0 2 10 118
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 3 6 14 38
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 10
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 0 2 10 60
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 10 2 6 9 35
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 8
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 1 471 2 10 19 1,152
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 1 3 4 278 2 15 32 773
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 1 88 1 4 7 207
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 91 0 6 13 305
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 0 2 12 144 2 33 66 534
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 0 3 6 204
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 1 15 18 320
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 0 6 11 447
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 1 102 3 14 29 321
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 2 329 0 8 18 1,958
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 2 12 16 203
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 4 9 10 253
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 1 1 176 1 9 19 817
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 4 7 14 758
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 1 27 2 13 32 112
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 2 120 5 8 25 395
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 0 14 1 10 15 28
Populist Policymakers 0 0 15 15 0 8 18 18
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 0 7 16 596
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 0 4 7 126
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 1 7 10 41
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 3 9 13 55
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 3 9 10 239
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 0 44 48 106
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 28 1 4 5 114
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 0 4 5 555
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 151 9 14 19 459
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 0 2 8 168
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 2 52 0 5 10 414
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 3 6 10 309
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 0 7 8 130
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 0 10 18 71
Taxation and democratization 0 0 1 101 1 5 10 247
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 2 3 5 11
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 2 9 12 47
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 1 129 6 13 18 549
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 0 3 8 383
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 1 21 29 188
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 1 145 1 7 18 362
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 0 3 5 89
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 0 71 2 10 17 204
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 36 1 11 18 99
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 1 10 14 32
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 0 8 20 170
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 2 65 70 125
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 4 43 3 15 31 74
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 1 20 4 13 25 164
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 1 8 25 2 8 36 87
Total Working Papers 3 12 72 6,067 123 747 1,285 20,269


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 2 12 1 10 18 77
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 38 1 6 13 134
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 0 24 2 3 4 120
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 1 1 3 11 1 5 13 61
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 1 61 2 4 8 191
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 1 2 1 3 6 40
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 1 7 21 59
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 1 3 6 80
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 2 2 6 72 2 9 24 239
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 0 1 48 3 8 18 180
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 1 2 6 77 11 18 35 292
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 10 1 9 14 95
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 2 5 12 3 13 23 87
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 1 1 1 37 2 5 14 166
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 0 2 177 1 4 12 507
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 2 65 2 7 15 232
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 0 1 5 103 1 7 19 270
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 62 0 4 8 230
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 2 8 3 5 8 25
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 2 3 8 33 2 15 37 143
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 0 18 24 132
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 10 14 18 92
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 3 106 1 6 18 322
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 0 4 114 3 5 18 286
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 1 2 24 1 10 13 83
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 1 4 3 16 23 89
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 1 3 55 4 11 16 198
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 2 22 2 6 16 106
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 2 2 0 4 10 16
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 2 38 1 9 18 212
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 2 4 42 1 11 18 226
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 1 14 0 1 4 61
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 1 2 15 1 7 14 101
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 1 4 87 3 11 27 321
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 3 6 115
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 2 17 19 93
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 58 1 4 8 176
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 0 28 0 2 8 159
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 1 1 2 69 5 16 28 282
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 13 0 3 7 57
The gender recontest gap in elections 1 1 5 31 4 15 45 170
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 1 1 2 3 7 23 30 37
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 9 1 1 5 31
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 3 18 4 12 35 70
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 1 1 3 2 14 26 35
Total Journal Articles 10 25 93 1,693 97 384 770 6,698


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Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 16
Total Chapters 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 16


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