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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 1 4 7 412
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 3 4 6 159
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 1 1 1 1 3 5 8 28
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 1 1 2 58
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 1 4 4 149
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 101 3 4 10 425
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 2 186 5 11 32 722
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 1 1 2 368
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 2 5 7 100
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 3 4 6 61
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 1 96 0 0 6 330
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 2 3 3 305
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 1 1 41 1 3 5 115
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 1 2 65 5 8 15 163
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 55 1 3 8 127
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 2 8 11 181
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 0 4 228 2 10 34 878
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 1 1 4 83
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 29 2 3 7 117
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 0 53 3 5 9 116
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 9 32
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 3 4 9 58
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 10 0 2 4 29
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 3 3 5 7
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 1 471 3 4 10 1,142
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 0 1 275 7 14 18 758
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 87 0 2 4 203
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 1 1 1 91 4 5 7 299
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 3 6 10 142 8 15 35 501
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 1 1 3 201
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 0 3 3 305
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 4 5 5 441
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 2 102 5 7 18 307
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 1 2 329 6 8 12 1,950
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 2 4 5 191
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 1 1 1 244
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 175 1 3 11 808
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 2 4 9 751
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 4 27 4 10 30 99
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 3 120 2 5 20 387
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 0 14 1 2 5 18
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 2 6 11 589
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 1 3 4 122
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 1 3 3 34
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 1 3 6 46
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 1 1 2 230
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 2 2 4 62
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 28 0 0 1 110
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 0 1 2 551
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 1 151 4 4 7 445
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 2 6 6 166
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 1 2 52 2 4 6 409
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 1 1 4 303
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 3 6 8 61
Taxation and democratization 0 0 1 101 0 2 6 242
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 2 3 4 38
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 8
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 1 1 129 1 2 6 536
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 2 4 6 380
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 3 7 8 167
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 1 145 1 5 12 355
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 2 3 12 194
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 1 1 1 36 3 5 9 88
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 0 1 8 22
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 7 9 13 162
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 3 3 7 60
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 2 2 4 43 7 12 20 59
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 1 20 3 7 15 151
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 1 1 10 24 7 12 40 79
Total Working Papers 9 18 59 6,040 162 308 647 19,512


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 1 11 0 2 9 67
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 38 3 4 9 128
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 1 24 1 1 2 117
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 1 1 2 10 4 4 9 56
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 1 61 0 2 4 187
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 37
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 5 9 14 52
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 2 3 4 77
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 2 8 70 6 7 24 230
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 1 2 48 0 5 13 172
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 1 2 5 75 2 8 23 274
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 10 2 3 6 86
Electoral thresholds and political representation 2 3 3 10 4 6 13 74
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 0 36 6 9 10 161
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 2 3 177 0 2 13 503
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 3 64 1 5 10 225
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 1 2 6 102 4 6 18 263
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 1 1 3 20
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 1 1 7 30 7 7 29 128
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 2 2 9 114
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 1 2 5 78
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 5 106 0 4 21 316
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 1 6 114 3 7 16 281
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 0 1 1 4 3 7 8 73
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 1 1 2 54 2 3 5 187
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 1 2 2 22 4 7 12 100
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 1 2 2 3 5 7 12
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 2 3 38 1 7 11 203
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 2 40 2 3 7 215
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 1 14 0 2 3 60
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 1 14 1 3 7 94
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 1 3 86 1 7 20 310
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 2 2 3 112
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 1 2 3 76
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 58 0 0 5 172
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 1 28 1 3 7 157
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 0 5 68 1 3 19 266
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 13 2 2 5 54
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 2 4 30 3 14 37 155
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 2 2 1 3 14 14
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 1 1 9 1 3 5 30
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 5 17 2 8 29 58
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 0 2 6 6 15 21
Total Journal Articles 10 30 96 1,668 94 193 496 6,314


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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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