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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 1 1 2 407
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 35 1 1 4 155
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 25 0 0 1 56
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 145
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 101 1 3 9 421
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 4 186 1 7 40 710
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 1 1 2 367
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 93
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 0 0 3 56
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 1 1 1 96 3 3 6 329
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 302
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 40 1 1 1 111
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 1 55 1 2 7 123
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 1 1 64 1 2 7 153
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 1 1 2 172
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 2 6 228 3 7 38 864
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 0 1 3 81
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 1 1 29 1 2 5 113
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 1 53 0 0 4 109
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 0 2 5 27
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 0 1 3 51
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 1 10 1 1 10 27
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 1 470 1 2 10 1,136
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 0 1 274 0 2 9 743
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 87 0 0 4 200
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 90 0 2 4 294
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 1 2 4 135 3 12 20 483
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 1 70 0 2 3 200
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 0 0 2 302
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 436
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 1 6 102 2 4 18 299
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 1 3 328 0 2 12 1,942
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 187
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 243
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 175 3 5 7 803
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 1 277 0 2 10 746
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 1 7 27 0 4 24 84
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 2 3 120 1 5 19 378
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 2 14 1 2 5 15
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 1 2 6 582
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 1 30 0 0 2 119
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 31
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 0 1 3 43
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 0 0 1 229
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 1 1 1 59
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 109
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 0 0 2 550
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 1 151 0 0 3 440
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 1 58 0 0 3 160
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 1 1 1 51 1 1 2 405
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 0 1 1 300
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 0 1 3 123
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 0 0 1 53
Taxation and democratization 0 0 0 100 0 1 4 239
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 35
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 6
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 1 128 0 1 4 532
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 1 183 0 0 4 375
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 1 1 2 160
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 0 144 1 3 7 349
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 1 1 2 86
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 0 71 2 3 12 190
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 1 1 4 57
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 45 0 1 7 151
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 20
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 35 0 2 5 83
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 1 39 0 1 10 44
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 0 19 0 3 9 142
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 2 14 20 0 5 44 58
Total Working Papers 4 15 73 6,012 37 113 460 19,124


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 10 3 4 7 63
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 1 1 38 1 2 5 123
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 1 24 0 0 2 116
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 1 1 1 9 3 4 5 52
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 0 60 0 0 3 183
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 1 2 4 40
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 74
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 2 8 68 1 4 26 220
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 0 1 47 1 4 13 166
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 1 1 3 72 4 5 17 262
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 1 1 1 10 1 1 2 82
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 0 0 7 2 3 7 67
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 0 36 0 0 3 152
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 0 2 175 1 5 13 501
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 2 63 0 0 9 217
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 0 2 5 100 0 3 11 254
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 1 1 1 62 1 3 4 225
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 2 2 8 0 2 3 19
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 1 7 26 0 6 34 115
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 1 1 4 109
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 1 11 0 1 4 75
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 2 2 5 106 3 3 18 310
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 2 8 112 1 4 12 273
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 0 1 22 1 2 6 72
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 66
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 1 2 53 0 2 6 184
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 1 20 0 0 6 90
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 7
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 1 36 0 1 5 196
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 2 39 0 2 5 210
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 1 1 1 14 1 1 2 58
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 1 1 14 0 1 3 89
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 0 0 83 0 1 18 298
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 0 2 109
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 0 2 74
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 3 58 1 2 15 170
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 1 28 0 1 9 152
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 1 5 68 1 5 17 260
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 1 13 0 0 3 50
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 1 2 27 3 8 31 133
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 1 2 2 0 3 10 10
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 27
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 12 15 1 4 33 41
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 2 2 1 1 11 11
Total Journal Articles 8 25 88 1,626 33 92 401 6,039


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Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Total Chapters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10


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