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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 0 0 2 406
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 35 0 1 3 154
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 25 0 0 1 56
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 145
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 101 0 0 7 418
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 1 4 186 3 6 46 706
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 0 0 1 366
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 93
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 0 1 3 56
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 0 95 0 1 3 326
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 302
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 40 0 0 1 110
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 63 0 2 6 151
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 55 1 2 8 122
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 0 0 2 171
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 2 2 7 228 4 9 44 861
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 1 1 3 81
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 1 1 1 29 1 1 7 112
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 1 53 0 1 5 109
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 1 2 4 26
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 0 1 3 50
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 3
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 1 10 0 0 10 26
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 2 470 0 1 9 1,134
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 0 1 274 0 0 12 741
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 87 0 0 5 200
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 90 2 2 4 294
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 1 2 6 134 6 9 22 477
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 0 0 2 302
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 1 70 2 2 3 200
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 436
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 6 101 0 3 16 295
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 1 1 3 328 2 2 13 1,942
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 0 1 2 187
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 1 139 0 0 1 243
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 175 0 1 3 798
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 1 277 0 0 10 744
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 2 7 26 2 5 24 82
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 1 1 2 119 3 6 21 376
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 2 14 0 0 3 13
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 1 2 6 581
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 1 30 0 0 2 119
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 1 11 0 0 2 31
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 0 1 2 42
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 0 109
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 58
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 0 1 2 550
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 1 151 0 0 3 440
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 1 58 0 0 3 160
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 0 50 0 0 1 404
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 1 1 1 300
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 1 1 3 123
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 0 0 1 53
Taxation and democratization 0 0 0 100 1 3 4 239
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 35
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 6
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 1 128 0 1 4 531
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 1 183 0 0 5 375
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 0 0 1 159
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 1 144 0 3 6 346
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 0 1 1 85
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 71 1 4 13 188
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 27 0 1 5 56
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 35 1 2 6 82
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 45 0 0 7 150
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 2 5 8 20
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 1 39 0 2 12 43
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 0 19 1 1 8 140
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 1 2 19 19 2 5 55 55
Total Working Papers 7 12 84 6,004 40 97 480 19,051


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 10 0 1 4 59
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 37 0 1 4 121
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 1 1 24 0 1 2 116
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 48
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 0 60 0 0 3 183
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 34
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 38
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 74
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 1 9 67 1 3 27 217
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 0 1 47 3 3 12 165
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 0 3 71 1 4 21 258
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 81
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 0 0 7 1 2 6 65
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 1 36 0 0 5 152
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 0 2 175 1 3 9 497
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 3 63 0 0 11 217
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 1 2 6 99 2 4 13 253
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 61 1 1 2 223
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 2 2 2 8 2 2 5 19
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 1 8 25 2 7 36 111
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 0 1 3 108
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 1 11 1 2 5 75
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 1 5 104 0 4 21 307
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 1 1 7 111 2 4 11 271
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 0 1 22 1 1 6 71
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 66
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 1 52 0 0 5 182
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 1 20 0 0 6 90
Political selection when uncertainty is high 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 1 36 0 2 4 195
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 2 39 1 1 4 209
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 57
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 13 0 1 2 88
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 0 0 83 0 3 17 297
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 0 2 109
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 0 3 74
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 5 57 1 1 19 169
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 2 28 0 0 15 151
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 2 4 67 2 7 16 257
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 1 13 0 0 3 50
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 0 3 26 1 4 35 126
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 1 1 2 2 1 5 8 8
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 8 0 2 5 27
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 15 15 2 7 39 39
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 2 2 0 3 10 10
Total Journal Articles 8 15 92 1,609 27 84 413 5,974


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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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