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A Tale of Five PIIGS: Soft Budget Constraints and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises 0 0 0 137 0 0 1 405
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
Appointed Public Officials and Local Favoritism: Evidence from the German States 0 1 1 35 1 2 3 153
Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 1 25 0 1 2 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 1 100 0 2 5 415
Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers 0 0 3 184 1 9 36 690
Creative Destruction and Fiscal Institutions: A Long-Run Case Study of Three Regions 0 0 0 110 1 1 3 366
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 2 55
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? 0 0 0 95 1 1 1 324
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 4 110
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 63 0 0 4 148
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 1 3 55 0 3 8 119
Do municipal mergers result in scale economies? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 0 34 0 0 3 170
Does the election of a female leader clear the way for more women in politics? 0 0 6 224 2 8 41 844
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 2 20 1 1 3 79
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 1 28 1 2 8 110
Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany 0 1 1 53 0 2 4 107
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications 0 0 1 10 0 1 6 23
Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications 0 0 0 13 0 1 6 49
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 1 1 10 3 5 15 25
Favoritism by the governing elite 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? 0 1 2 470 1 5 9 1,132
Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis 1 1 6 274 3 4 17 740
Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 1 87 0 2 5 199
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 90 0 2 3 292
Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis 1 1 4 132 1 2 14 466
Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis 0 0 0 112 1 1 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? 1 2 7 100 2 4 19 289
Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980-2009 0 0 2 327 3 4 15 1,938
Identifying local tax mimicking: Administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 186
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 0 4 797
On the Link Between Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt in OECD Countries 0 1 1 277 1 4 8 742
Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High 1 2 4 23 2 3 19 69
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: Evidence from Germany 0 0 0 117 6 8 16 367
Political favoritism and internal migration in Benin 1 2 2 14 2 3 4 13
Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? 0 0 0 169 1 1 5 578
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts 0 1 2 30 0 1 3 118
Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa 0 0 1 11 0 1 3 31
Regional redistribution of mineral resource wealth in Africa 0 0 0 23 0 0 1 40
Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 228
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 58
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 28 0 0 1 109
Scale-Free Networks in International Trade 0 0 0 200 0 0 1 549
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975-2005 0 0 0 150 0 1 1 438
Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa 0 1 2 58 0 2 5 160
Supranational Integration And National Reorganization 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 403
Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries 0 0 0 133 0 0 1 299
Tax mimicking in the short- and long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 1 47 0 0 1 120
Tax mimicking in the short- and the long-run: Evidence from German reunification 0 0 0 24 0 1 2 53
Taxation and democratization 0 0 0 100 0 1 1 236
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 34
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 1 1 128 0 2 8 530
The economics and empirics of tax competition: A survey 0 0 3 183 0 1 7 374
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 0 0 0 84 0 0 2 159
The flypaper effect: evidence from a natural experiment in Hesse 0 0 2 144 0 1 5 343
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 1 2 12 182
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 1 1 35 0 1 7 79
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 27 0 0 5 53
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 1 4 0 2 4 14
Women Legislators and Economic Performance 0 0 2 45 1 2 12 149
Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers 1 1 4 39 1 2 20 39
Women legislators and economic performance 0 0 1 19 0 1 7 136
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics 3 5 14 14 8 18 39 39
Total Working Papers 9 26 94 5,981 46 123 456 18,865


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Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German states 0 1 3 10 0 2 13 58
Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: Evidence from the German states 0 0 1 37 0 1 3 119
Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: a long-run case study of three regions 0 0 0 23 0 1 1 115
Depressing dependence? Transfers and economic growth in the German states, 1975–2005 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 47
Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance? A difference‐in‐difference investigation 0 0 0 60 1 3 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 1 3 38
Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities 0 0 0 9 0 1 3 73
Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state 0 0 6 62 0 6 26 206
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? 0 0 0 46 1 4 9 159
Election cycles and electricity provision: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections 0 1 4 70 3 5 19 251
Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 80
Electoral thresholds and political representation 0 0 0 7 1 1 2 61
FISCAL FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A META-ANALYSIS 0 0 1 36 0 1 7 151
Federalism, Budget Deficits and Public Debt: On the Reform of Germany's Fiscal Constitution 0 1 2 174 0 2 6 490
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 4 61 1 3 16 215
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries 0 0 5 96 1 1 12 245
Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector 0 0 0 61 0 1 3 222
Fiscal interactions in the short and the long run: evidence from German reunification 0 0 1 6 0 1 7 17
Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in Africa? 0 1 13 23 3 12 39 99
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 18 0 0 1 105
Has Globalisation Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 0 1 3 11 0 2 8 73
Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform 0 0 6 101 0 3 18 295
Intergovernmental Transfers, Local Fiscal Policy, and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a German State 3 3 5 108 3 3 6 265
Local fiscal policy after a bailout: austerity or soft budget constraints? 0 0 3 22 0 3 8 70
Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 65
On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries 0 0 1 52 0 2 8 182
Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems: evidence from Germany 0 1 1 20 2 4 4 88
Political selection when uncertainty is high 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5
Public education spending in a globalized world 0 0 0 35 1 1 1 192
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 2 38 1 2 4 208
Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation 0 0 0 13 0 1 1 57
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel 0 0 0 13 0 1 1 87
Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: Evidence from the German States, 1975–2005 0 0 3 83 0 10 17 290
Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty’s impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries 0 0 0 27 0 2 3 109
Tax Decentralization and Public Deficits in OECD Countries 0 0 0 15 0 0 3 73
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 10 57 1 3 25 167
Taxation and Democratization 0 0 2 27 1 4 20 150
The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the network structure of international trade 0 0 0 63 1 3 9 247
The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes 1 1 2 13 1 2 4 49
The gender recontest gap in elections 1 1 6 26 5 11 48 118
The revenue and base effects of local tax hikes: evidence from a quasi-experiment 0 0 1 8 0 2 6 25
Women legislators and economic performance 1 6 12 12 1 13 29 29
Young versus old politicians and public spending priorities 2 2 2 2 3 6 6 6
Total Journal Articles 9 21 100 1,572 32 126 410 5,818


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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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