Aus ökonomischer Sicht haben es Bund und Länder verpasst, im Rahmen der Neuregelung der Bund-Länder-Finanzen die Fehlanreize bei der Grunderwerbsteuer zu beheben. Denn in den vergangenen Jahren haben zahlreiche Landesregierungen den Steuersatz erhöht, da sie die Mehreinnahmen nicht mit den...

We exploit time and spatial variation generated by the commodities boom to measure the effect of natural resources on human capital formation in Peru, a country with low governance indicators. Combining test scores from over two million students and district-level administrative data on mining...

Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions with the aim of achieving regional convergence. Consequently, transfers should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development. This paper studies...