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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 3 4 6 411
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 25
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 0 1 4 156
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 0 1 1 57
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 3 3 3 148
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 101 1 1 7 422
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 2 186 1 7 28 717
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 0 0 2 367
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 3 4 5 98
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 0 2 4 58
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 1 96 0 1 7 330
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 0 1 1 303
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 1 1 1 41 2 2 4 114
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 1 2 65 2 4 10 158
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 55 2 3 7 126
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 6 7 9 179
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 0 4 228 5 10 34 876
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 0 0 4 82
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 29 1 2 6 115
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 0 53 2 4 6 113
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 10 1 2 8 31
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 1 3 6 55
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 4
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 10 2 2 7 29
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 1 1 471 1 2 8 1,139
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 1 2 275 6 8 14 751
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 87 2 3 4 203
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 90 0 1 3 295
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 1 3 8 139 4 8 28 493
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 0 0 2 200
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 2 3 4 305
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 1 1 1 437
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 3 102 1 2 15 302
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 1 1 2 329 2 2 9 1,944
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 2 2 3 189
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 2 2 10 807
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 2 3 8 749
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 5 27 3 9 28 95
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 3 120 2 7 24 385
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 1 14 0 2 6 17
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 3 5 10 587
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 0 2 3 121
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 1 2 2 33
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 2 2 5 45
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 28 0 0 1 110
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 0 1 2 60
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 1 1 2 551
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 1 151 0 0 3 441
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 3 4 4 164
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 1 1 2 52 2 2 4 407
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 0 1 3 302
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 0 0 3 123
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 2 5 5 58
Taxation and democratization 0 1 1 101 2 3 6 242
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 1 1 2 36
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 7
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 1 1 129 0 3 5 535
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 1 3 4 378
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 3 4 5 164
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 1 145 3 4 11 354
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 0 0 2 86
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 0 71 0 1 11 192
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 35 2 2 6 85
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 2 3 7 155
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 0 0 4 57
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 1 2 8 22
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 2 3 41 5 7 14 52
Women legislators and economic performance 1 1 1 20 3 5 12 148
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 2 12 23 3 10 41 72
Total Working Papers 5 16 59 6,031 108 196 531 19,350


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 1 1 1 11 2 4 9 67
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 38 1 1 6 125
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 1 24 0 0 1 116
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 0 1 9 0 0 5 52
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 1 1 61 1 4 5 187
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 3 4 9 47
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 75
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 1 7 69 1 3 18 224
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 1 1 2 48 4 5 14 172
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 1 1 4 74 4 7 24 272
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 10 1 1 4 84
Electoral thresholds and political representation 1 1 1 8 2 2 10 70
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 0 36 2 3 4 155
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 1 2 3 177 1 2 13 503
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 3 64 2 4 10 224
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 1 1 5 101 2 4 15 259
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 62 0 0 4 226
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 2 8 0 0 2 19
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 1 6 29 0 4 25 121
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 0 0 7 112
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 0 1 4 77
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 5 106 2 6 21 316
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 1 2 9 114 3 5 16 278
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 1 1 23 0 1 3 73
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 70
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 1 53 1 1 3 185
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 1 1 1 21 3 4 10 96
Political selection when uncertainty is high 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 9
Public education spending in a globalized world 2 2 3 38 5 6 11 202
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 3 40 0 2 6 213
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 1 14 2 2 3 60
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 1 14 2 3 6 93
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 1 1 3 86 4 8 19 309
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 1 1 110
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 1 2 75
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 58 0 0 6 172
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 1 28 1 2 7 156
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 0 5 68 1 2 19 265
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 1 13 0 1 4 52
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 2 5 30 6 15 39 152
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 2 2 1 3 13 13
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 1 1 9 1 2 4 29
Women legislators and economic performance 1 2 6 17 4 11 28 56
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 2 2 0 2 12 15
Total Journal Articles 15 25 95 1,658 67 134 434 6,220


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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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