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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 2 10 28 434
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 40
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 0 0 10 164
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 0 6 22 78
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 0 5 19 164
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 101 0 3 15 435
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 1 1 187 3 11 42 751
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 1 3 14 380
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 1 4 20 113
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 0 4 21 77
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 1 96 1 3 16 342
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 1 3 11 313
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 1 41 0 2 20 130
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 1 2 57 1 6 26 148
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 65 1 7 26 178
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 0 3 17 188
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 0 3 231 1 6 49 910
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 1 6 17 98
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 29 1 2 10 122
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 0 53 0 2 11 120
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 15
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 0 5 16 43
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 1 1 14 0 9 18 69
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 1 6 11 14
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 10 1 8 17 43
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 1 2 3 473 1 5 22 1,157
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 1 1 5 279 4 6 36 779
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 88 0 4 11 211
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 91 0 0 11 305
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 0 2 12 146 2 11 65 545
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 1 4 22 324
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 1 6 10 210
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 0 4 15 451
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 0 102 4 13 37 334
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 1 329 0 1 17 1,959
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 0 2 18 205
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 0 4 14 257
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 1 176 0 6 23 823
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 0 4 16 762
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 0 27 0 7 35 119
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 0 120 0 4 22 399
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 0 14 0 4 18 32
Populist Policymakers 0 0 15 15 1 3 21 21
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 0 2 17 598
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 0 0 7 126
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 0 7 17 48
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 1 2 14 57
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 0 3 13 242
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 28 1 4 9 118
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 1 2 50 108
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 2 9 14 564
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 151 2 6 25 465
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 1 5 13 173
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 2 52 0 3 13 417
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 2 5 14 314
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 2 8 15 138
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 0 4 22 75
Taxation and democratization 0 0 1 101 0 1 9 248
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 0 4 16 51
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 0 2 7 13
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 1 129 1 2 19 551
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 1 1 9 384
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 1 13 42 201
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 1 2 146 0 7 21 369
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 0 1 5 90
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 1 1 72 0 5 21 209
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 1 9 78 134
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 2 7 26 177
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 1 1 5 2 12 24 44
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 36 2 8 24 107
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 1 5 44 0 8 38 82
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 1 20 4 11 33 175
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 0 5 25 0 6 35 93
Total Working Papers 2 12 71 6,079 56 364 1,546 20,633


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 2 12 0 1 18 78
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 1 1 1 39 1 6 18 140
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 1 1 25 0 5 9 125
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 0 3 11 1 8 20 69
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 1 61 0 1 9 192
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 1 2 0 2 8 42
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 1 4 24 63
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 2 8 82
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 2 6 74 2 5 25 244
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 1 2 49 0 6 21 186
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 2 8 79 3 13 47 305
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 10 0 0 14 95
Electoral thresholds and political representation 1 2 7 14 4 8 30 95
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 1 37 0 2 16 168
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 0 2 177 0 4 11 511
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 2 65 2 7 22 239
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 0 2 5 105 0 5 21 275
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 62 0 7 13 237
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 8 0 7 13 32
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 1 1 8 34 3 11 39 154
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 0 2 26 134
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 1 12 29 104
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 1 3 107 0 3 18 325
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 0 2 114 1 10 24 296
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 1 1 3 25 3 6 18 89
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 1 4 1 3 26 92
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 2 55 2 4 18 202
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 2 22 1 5 21 111
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 1 2 2 4 13 20
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 2 38 0 1 17 213
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 3 42 1 6 22 232
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 1 14 0 4 8 65
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 1 2 16 1 4 16 105
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 1 1 5 88 3 9 32 330
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 1 7 116
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 0 19 93
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 58 0 6 13 182
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 0 28 1 4 11 163
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 1 2 70 1 6 29 288
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 13 1 4 11 61
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 0 4 31 4 13 53 183
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 1 2 4 1 7 34 44
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 2 3 11 2 6 10 37
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 3 18 1 13 43 83
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 1 3 3 11 36 46
Total Journal Articles 6 20 95 1,713 47 248 940 6,946


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Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 20
Total Chapters 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 20


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