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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 1 2 28 436
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 0 0 8 164
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 1 0 1 18 41
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 0 0 23 80
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 0 0 19 164
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 101 0 1 17 438
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 1 1 2 188 4 5 42 758
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 0 0 13 380
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 1 2 20 115
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 0 0 19 77
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 0 96 0 1 14 344
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 1 1 13 316
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 1 41 1 4 23 135
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 57 0 3 28 152
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 65 2 6 29 185
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 0 1 16 189
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 0 3 231 2 7 47 918
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 0 0 17 99
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 29 0 1 10 124
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 0 53 0 0 9 120
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 17
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 0 1 14 44
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 1 14 0 0 15 69
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 1 4 14 18
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 1 1 11 1 3 21 48
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 2 473 0 2 21 1,159
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 1 1 5 280 1 3 39 784
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 2 89 1 3 13 214
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 91 1 1 11 306
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 1 1 9 147 2 4 60 549
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 0 3 13 213
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 0 3 25 328
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 1 1 16 452
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 0 102 1 19 53 354
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 1 329 2 2 19 1,961
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 0 2 20 207
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 0 0 14 257
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 1 176 1 2 22 827
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 2 4 20 767
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 1 28 0 3 31 123
Political Selection in Germany: Final Report 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 0 120 2 5 21 404
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 0 14 0 1 16 33
Populist Policymakers 0 0 15 15 0 0 21 21
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 2 3 19 603
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 1 2 7 128
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 0 1 19 51
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 0 0 14 57
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 1 1 15 244
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 28 0 0 8 118
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 0 1 49 109
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 0 2 16 566
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 151 2 3 27 468
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 0 0 13 174
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 1 52 0 0 12 417
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 2 2 15 317
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 0 0 16 139
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 0 1 21 77
Taxation and democratization 0 0 0 101 1 3 11 251
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 1 2 18 53
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 2 3 10 16
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 0 129 1 2 18 553
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 1 2 10 387
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 5 8 48 209
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 1 146 0 1 22 373
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 1 1 5 91
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 72 2 4 21 213
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 36 0 1 27 110
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 0 2 27 180
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 5 2 5 28 49
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 0 1 79 136
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 3 44 1 3 38 85
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 1 20 0 0 30 175
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 1 3 26 0 1 26 95
Total Working Papers 3 6 60 6,086 55 159 1,594 20,836


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 3 13 0 2 15 80
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 39 1 1 17 141
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 1 25 0 0 9 125
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 1 3 12 0 1 18 70
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 0 61 0 0 6 192
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 1 2 1 3 11 45
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 0 1 23 67
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 2 10 85
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 3 4 10 78 4 10 31 254
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 1 3 50 0 2 21 189
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 0 6 79 1 1 40 308
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 10 0 1 14 97
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 0 7 14 2 3 31 99
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 1 2 3 39 3 8 23 176
Feasibility Optimal Broadcasting Policy Framework in Wireless Network 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 1 2 178 2 4 13 515
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 65 2 4 21 243
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 0 0 5 105 1 2 21 278
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 62 0 0 12 238
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 8 0 0 13 32
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 1 7 36 0 7 41 162
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 2 4 26 138
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 0 1 29 106
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 1 2 108 1 2 15 329
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 0 1 114 0 3 24 299
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 1 1 3 26 1 3 19 92
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 1 4 0 2 28 94
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 2 55 0 0 19 203
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 2 22 1 3 21 114
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 1 2 0 3 16 24
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 2 38 0 1 17 214
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 2 42 1 1 20 233
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 0 14 0 1 9 67
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 2 16 0 0 14 105
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 1 2 5 90 2 6 32 337
Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 1 2 8 118
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 0 18 93
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 58 1 1 11 183
Taxation and Democratization 0 1 1 29 0 4 12 167
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 0 3 71 0 2 29 293
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 13 1 2 11 63
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 1 2 32 2 4 44 190
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 2 4 0 3 37 49
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 2 11 0 1 10 38
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 2 2 1 4 14 14
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 2 18 2 8 42 94
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 1 2 4 0 2 34 49
Total Journal Articles 6 18 92 1,735 33 115 949 7,102


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Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 21
Total Chapters 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 21


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