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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 2 9 20 426
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 35 0 4 10 164
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 1 1 0 10 18 40
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 25 2 14 18 74
Bailouts and austerity 0 0 0 53 0 8 14 159
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 0 101 0 5 14 432
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 1 1 1 187 4 17 41 744
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 1 10 12 378
Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 25 2 6 18 111
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 22 1 13 18 74
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 1 96 1 8 14 340
Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism 0 0 0 91 2 5 10 312
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 1 41 1 13 19 129
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 1 56 2 11 23 144
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 2 65 2 6 22 173
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 1 3 15 186
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 3 5 231 2 24 49 906
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 20 3 9 15 95
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 29 1 1 10 121
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 0 0 53 1 2 10 119
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 12
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 10 2 7 15 40
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 1 1 1 14 5 7 15 65
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 2 4 5 10 12
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 0 10 2 7 11 37
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 1 1 2 472 3 11 21 1,155
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 0 3 4 278 1 11 33 774
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 88 1 4 8 208
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 91 0 3 13 305
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 2 3 13 146 5 18 68 539
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 0 10 18 320
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 70 1 3 7 205
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures 0 0 0 99 1 6 12 448
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa? 0 0 1 102 5 17 31 326
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 2 329 0 6 18 1,958
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 2 13 18 205
Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States 0 0 0 139 1 8 11 254
Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 1 1 176 3 9 22 820
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 0 0 277 1 6 15 759
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 0 0 1 27 2 14 34 114
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 2 120 2 8 24 397
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 0 0 0 14 1 7 16 29
Populist Policymakers 0 0 15 15 1 6 19 19
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 1 5 17 597
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 0 0 30 0 2 7 126
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 0 11 0 4 10 41
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 0 6 13 55
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 0 7 10 239
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 0 21 48 106
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 28 1 5 6 115
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 3 5 8 558
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 151 2 15 21 461
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 0 0 58 1 2 9 169
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 2 52 1 4 11 415
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 1 7 11 310
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 47 1 6 9 131
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 1 9 19 72
Taxation and democratization 0 0 1 101 1 4 10 248
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 1 8 13 48
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 11
The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade 0 0 1 129 0 9 18 549
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 0 183 0 3 8 383
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 5 26 34 193
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 1 1 2 146 2 7 18 364
The political economy of special needs transfers: Evidence from Bavarian municipalities, 1993-2011 0 0 0 31 1 4 5 90
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment 1 1 1 72 1 7 18 205
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 4 5 13 19 37
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 36 1 6 19 100
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 27 4 24 73 129
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 0 45 2 7 22 172
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 1 1 5 44 2 14 33 76
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 1 20 2 12 27 166
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 0 1 7 25 4 9 38 91
Total Working Papers 8 17 78 6,075 116 622 1,374 20,385


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 2 12 0 6 18 77
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 38 2 8 15 136
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 1 1 1 25 1 4 5 121
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 1 3 11 2 6 15 63
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 1 61 0 4 8 191
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism 0 0 1 2 1 2 7 41
Distributive spending and presidential partisan politics 0 0 0 6 0 6 21 59
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 3 6 80
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 1 3 7 73 1 8 24 240
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 1 1 2 49 2 7 20 182
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 2 6 77 6 21 41 298
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 10 0 7 14 95
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 1 5 12 1 9 24 88
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 1 1 37 2 7 16 168
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 0 2 177 1 4 12 508
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 2 65 2 6 17 234
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 2 2 7 105 4 9 23 274
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 1 62 0 2 8 230
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 2 8 2 6 10 27
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 3 8 33 4 14 38 147
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 1 14 25 133
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 0 0 11 7 21 25 99
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 1 1 3 107 1 5 16 323
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 0 0 4 114 4 7 21 290
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 0 2 24 0 8 13 83
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 1 4 0 16 23 89
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 3 55 1 7 17 199
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 0 2 22 1 5 17 107
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 2 2 0 3 10 16
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 2 38 0 4 17 212
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 4 42 1 7 19 227
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 1 14 1 1 5 62
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 1 1 3 16 2 6 15 103
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 1 4 87 3 12 27 324
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 2 6 115
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 13 19 93
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 1 58 1 3 9 177
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 0 28 1 2 9 160
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 1 2 69 3 16 30 285
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 13 0 2 7 57
The gender recontest gap in elections 0 1 5 31 5 14 50 175
The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa 1 2 3 4 4 25 34 41
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 9 0 1 4 31
Women legislators and economic performance 0 1 3 18 6 15 39 76
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 0 0 1 3 0 8 25 35
Total Journal Articles 8 25 100 1,701 73 356 824 6,771


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Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 18
Total Chapters 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 18


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