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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 5 9 12 417
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 1 4 7 160
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 1 1 1 2 7 10 30
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 2 3 4 60
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 2 6 6 151
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 101 2 6 10 427
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 1 186 5 11 33 727
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 0 1 2 368
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 5 10 12 105
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 0 3 6 61
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 1 96 2 2 8 332
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 2 4 5 307
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 1 1 41 1 4 6 116
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 65 4 11 18 167
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 1 1 56 6 9 14 133
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 2 10 12 183
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 0 2 228 4 11 31 882
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 3 4 7 86
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 29 3 6 9 120
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 0 53 1 6 10 117
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 1 3 10 33
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 8
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 0 4 9 58
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 10 1 3 4 30
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 7
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 1 471 2 6 12 1,144
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 0 1 275 5 18 23 763
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 1 88 1 3 4 204
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 1 1 91 3 7 10 302
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 1 5 11 143 20 32 55 521
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 1 2 4 202
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 5 7 8 310
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 1 6 6 442
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 1 102 2 8 19 309
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 1 2 329 2 10 13 1,952
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 1 5 6 192
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 2 3 3 246
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 175 3 6 14 811
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 2 6 11 753
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 4 27 1 8 27 100
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 2 120 2 6 20 389
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 0 14 4 5 9 22
Populist Policymakers 0 15 15 15 3 13 13 13
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 3 8 14 592
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 2 3 6 124
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 3 5 6 37
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 3 6 8 49
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 2 3 4 232
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 23 25 27 85
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 2 3 4 553
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 151 1 5 6 446
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 1 6 7 167
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 1 2 52 2 6 8 411
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 0 1 4 303
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 2 2 4 125
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 2 7 10 63
Taxation and democratization 0 0 1 101 2 4 8 244
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 2 5 6 40
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 8
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 1 129 4 5 10 540
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 0 3 5 380
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 0 6 8 167
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 1 145 2 6 14 357
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 4 6 15 198
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 3 12 16 165
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 2 3 10 24
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 1 1 36 6 11 15 94
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 45 48 51 105
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 2 4 43 3 15 22 62
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 1 20 3 9 17 154
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 1 8 24 3 13 36 82
Total Working Papers 3 32 69 6,058 241 521 856 19,763


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 1 11 4 6 13 71
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 38 0 4 8 128
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 1 24 0 1 2 117
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 1 2 10 1 5 10 57
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 1 61 0 1 4 187
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 1 1 2 2 5 5 39
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 1 9 15 53
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 2 4 77
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 2 5 70 2 9 19 232
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 1 2 48 3 7 14 175
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 2 4 75 3 9 25 277
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 10 2 5 8 88
Electoral thresholds and political representation 1 4 4 11 5 11 18 79
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 0 36 0 8 9 161
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 1 2 177 1 2 12 504
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 4 65 3 6 13 228
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 1 3 6 103 2 8 17 265
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 62 2 2 6 228
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 2 8 1 2 4 21
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 1 6 30 5 12 31 133
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 5 7 13 119
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 0 1 5 78
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 5 106 2 4 20 318
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 1 6 114 2 8 18 283
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 1 1 2 24 2 2 5 75
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 1 1 4 0 7 8 73
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 1 2 3 55 5 8 10 192
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 2 2 22 2 9 13 102
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 1 2 2 1 5 8 13
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 2 3 38 5 11 16 208
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 3 41 5 7 12 220
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 1 14 1 3 4 61
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 1 1 2 15 3 6 10 97
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 1 3 86 2 7 19 312
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 1 3 4 113
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 4 5 6 80
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 58 2 2 7 174
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 0 28 1 3 7 158
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 0 3 68 3 5 20 269
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 13 1 3 6 55
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 0 4 30 6 15 42 161
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 2 2 2 4 15 16
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 9 0 2 5 30
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 5 17 3 9 31 61
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 1 1 1 3 6 12 21 27
Total Journal Articles 8 33 94 1,676 101 262 562 6,415


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Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 12
Total Chapters 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 12


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