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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 0 1 3 408
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 23
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 35 1 1 5 156
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 25 0 1 2 57
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 8 421
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 2 186 5 6 31 716
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 0 0 2 367
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 0 2 2 95
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 1 2 4 58
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 1 96 0 1 7 330
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 1 1 1 303
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 40 0 1 2 112
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 1 2 65 1 3 8 156
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 55 0 1 7 124
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 0 1 3 173
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 0 4 228 3 7 33 871
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 0 1 4 82
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 29 0 1 6 114
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 1 53 0 2 6 111
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 0 3 8 30
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 13 0 3 5 54
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 1 10 0 0 7 27
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 4
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 1 1 471 0 2 8 1,138
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 1 2 275 1 2 9 745
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 87 0 1 3 201
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 90 1 1 4 295
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 2 3 7 138 3 6 25 489
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 0 0 2 200
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 1 1 2 303
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 3 102 1 2 14 301
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 1 328 0 0 7 1,942
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 187
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 243
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 175 0 2 8 805
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 1 277 0 1 8 747
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 6 27 3 8 26 92
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 3 120 1 5 24 383
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 2 14 1 2 7 17
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 1 2 7 584
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 1 30 2 2 4 121
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 1 1 1 32
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 0 0 3 43
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 1 1 110
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 0 1 2 60
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 0 0 1 550
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 1 151 0 1 4 441
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 1 1 2 161
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 1 51 0 0 2 405
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 0 2 3 302
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 1 3 4 56
Taxation and democratization 0 1 1 101 0 1 5 240
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 35
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 1 1 2 129 1 3 6 535
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 1 2 3 377
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 1 1 2 161
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 1 1 145 1 2 8 351
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 1 2 12 192
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 0 0 4 57
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 0 2 5 153
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 35 0 0 5 83
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 0 1 8 21
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 0 2 3 41 0 3 9 47
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 0 19 1 3 9 145
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 3 13 23 2 11 43 69
Total Working Papers 4 14 66 6,026 38 118 468 19,242


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 10 0 2 8 65
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 38 0 1 6 124
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 1 24 0 0 2 116
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 0 1 9 0 0 5 52
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 1 1 61 1 3 6 186
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 1 4 7 44
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 1 1 3 75
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 6 68 0 3 19 223
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 0 1 47 1 2 13 168
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 1 4 73 2 6 22 268
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 10 0 1 3 83
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 68
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 0 36 1 1 3 153
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 1 1 3 176 1 1 14 502
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 3 64 2 5 9 222
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 0 0 4 100 0 3 13 257
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 62 0 1 5 226
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 2 8 0 0 3 19
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 3 7 29 0 6 27 121
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 0 3 7 112
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 1 11 1 2 5 77
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 5 106 2 4 20 314
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 1 8 113 1 2 13 275
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 1 1 1 23 1 1 5 73
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 66
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 1 53 0 0 4 184
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 0 3 8 93
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 8
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 1 36 1 1 6 197
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 3 40 1 3 7 213
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 1 14 0 0 2 58
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 1 14 0 2 4 91
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 2 2 85 2 7 21 305
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 1 2 110
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 1 1 2 75
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 58 0 2 6 172
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 1 28 1 3 7 155
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 0 5 68 1 4 19 264
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 1 13 0 2 5 52
The gender recontest gap in elections 2 3 5 30 5 13 37 146
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 2 2 1 2 12 12
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 1 1 1 9 1 1 4 28
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 8 16 2 11 30 52
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 15
Total Journal Articles 5 17 88 1,643 32 114 421 6,153


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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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