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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 0 1 2 406
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 35 1 1 3 154
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 22
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 1 1 101 0 3 7 418
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 1 2 4 186 2 12 44 702
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 0 0 2 366
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 1 1 3 56
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 0 95 1 2 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 2 110
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 55 0 1 6 120
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 63 1 2 5 150
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 0 1 2 171
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 2 7 226 1 9 43 853
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 20 0 1 3 80
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 28 0 1 6 111
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 1 53 0 1 4 108
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 1 10 0 1 4 24
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 1 1 6 50
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 1 10 0 1 11 26
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 0 2 470 0 1 9 1,133
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 0 3 274 0 1 14 741
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 87 0 1 6 200
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 90 0 0 2 292
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 0 0 4 132 0 2 13 468
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 0 0 1 198
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 2 99 0 0 2 436
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 1 7 101 0 3 17 292
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 2 327 0 2 15 1,940
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 1 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 1 1 3 798
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 1 277 0 2 10 744
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 2 3 7 26 3 11 26 80
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 1 1 118 0 3 17 370
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 2 14 0 0 4 13
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 1 2 6 580
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 2 30 0 1 4 119
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 1 2 3 42
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 0 1 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 1 1 2 550
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 1 1 151 0 2 3 440
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 1 58 0 0 4 160
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 0 50 0 1 1 404
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 299
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 1 47 0 2 3 122
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 1 2 237
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 0 1 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 1 1 5 531
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 2 183 0 1 7 375
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 2 144 1 1 5 344
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 84
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 71 3 5 14 187
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 4 3 4 7 18
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 27 0 2 6 55
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 35 1 2 5 81
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 45 0 1 9 150
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 0 3 39 2 4 21 43
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 0 19 0 3 8 139
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 3 17 17 1 12 51 51
Total Working Papers 3 14 91 5,995 30 119 479 18,984


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 10 1 1 9 59
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 37 1 2 5 121
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 1 1 1 24 1 1 2 116
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 0 1 8 1 1 2 48
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 0 60 0 0 4 183
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 1 1 2 74
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 4 9 66 1 9 29 215
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 1 1 47 0 3 9 162
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 1 4 71 3 6 22 257
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 81
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 0 0 7 1 3 5 64
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 1 36 0 1 6 152
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 1 2 175 1 5 8 495
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 2 4 63 0 2 13 217
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 1 2 5 98 2 6 13 251
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 61 0 0 2 222
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 1 6 0 0 6 17
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 1 2 10 25 2 7 35 106
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 1 3 3 108
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 2 11 1 1 6 74
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 2 7 103 1 9 22 304
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 2 6 110 1 3 8 268
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 0 2 22 0 0 6 70
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 66
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 1 52 0 0 6 182
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 1 20 0 2 6 90
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 1 1 36 1 2 3 194
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 2 38 0 0 4 208
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 0 1 87
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 0 2 83 0 4 18 294
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 0 3 109
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 1 3 74
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 7 57 0 1 21 168
Taxation and Democratization 0 1 3 28 0 1 18 151
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 2 4 4 67 4 7 14 254
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 1 13 0 1 4 50
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 0 4 26 3 7 41 125
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 8 1 1 5 26
Women legislators and economic performance 1 3 15 15 3 6 35 35
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 2 2 2 3 9 9
Total Journal Articles 6 27 102 1,599 34 103 419 5,921


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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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