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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 1 1 27 435
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 1 1 1 18 41
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 0 0 9 164
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 0 2 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 1 3 17 438
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 1 187 1 3 43 754
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 1 19 114
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 0 0 20 77
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 0 96 1 2 14 344
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 0 2 13 315
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 1 41 2 4 22 134
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 57 1 4 28 152
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 1 65 3 5 28 183
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 3 6 48 916
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 0 1 17 99
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 29 1 2 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 10 0 1 14 44
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 17
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 3 3 13 17
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 1 1 11 0 4 20 47
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 2 473 1 2 21 1,159
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 0 4 279 0 4 39 783
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 2 89 2 2 12 213
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 0 10 146 2 2 61 547
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 1 3 13 213
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 3 4 26 328
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 0 0 15 451
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 0 102 2 19 53 353
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 1 329 0 0 17 1,959
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 3 21 826
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 2 3 18 765
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 1 1 28 3 4 34 123
Political Selection in Germany: Final Report 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 0 120 1 3 20 402
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 0 14 1 1 17 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 1 3 18 601
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 1 1 8 127
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 1 3 20 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 0 1 14 243
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 1 1 49 109
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 2 2 16 566
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 151 1 1 25 466
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 0 1 14 174
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 0 1 13 315
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 0 1 16 139
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 1 2 22 77
Taxation and democratization 0 0 0 101 2 2 10 250
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 0 1 17 52
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 1 1 8 14
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 1 129 0 1 18 552
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 1 2 10 386
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 1 3 44 204
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 1 146 0 4 23 373
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 0 0 4 90
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 72 2 2 20 211
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 2 3 27 180
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 1 2 79 136
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 36 1 3 27 110
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 5 1 3 26 47
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 3 44 2 2 37 84
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 1 20 0 0 31 175
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 1 3 26 0 2 28 95
Total Working Papers 1 4 61 6,083 61 148 1,577 20,781


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 3 13 1 2 15 80
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 39 0 0 16 140
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 1 1 3 12 1 1 18 70
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 0 61 0 0 7 192
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 1 2 1 2 10 44
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 0 4 24 67
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 3 11 85
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 1 7 75 1 6 27 250
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 1 3 50 1 3 22 189
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 0 6 79 0 2 41 307
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 10 0 2 14 97
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 0 7 14 1 2 29 97
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 1 2 38 2 5 21 173
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 1 1 3 178 1 2 12 513
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 65 2 2 21 241
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 0 0 5 105 0 2 20 277
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 62 0 1 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 2 7 36 4 8 41 162
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 0 2 24 136
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 1 2 30 106
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 1 1 2 108 1 3 16 328
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 0 1 114 1 3 25 299
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 0 3 25 1 2 19 91
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 1 4 1 2 28 94
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 2 55 0 1 19 203
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 2 22 0 2 20 113
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 1 2 2 4 17 24
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 2 38 1 1 18 214
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 2 42 0 0 20 232
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 0 14 0 2 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 1 4 89 3 5 32 335
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 1 7 117
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 0 58 0 0 10 182
Taxation and Democratization 1 1 1 29 2 4 13 167
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 1 3 71 1 5 30 293
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 13 1 1 10 62
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 1 4 32 0 5 47 188
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 2 4 1 5 38 49
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 3 11 1 1 11 38
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 2 2 1 4 13 13
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 2 18 5 9 42 92
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 1 2 4 0 3 34 49
Total Journal Articles 5 14 91 1,729 38 114 948 7,069


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Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 21
Total Chapters 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 21


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