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Local Governments in the Wake of Demographic Change : Efficiency and Economies of Scale in German Municipalities
Geys, Benny; Heinemann, Friedrich; Kalb, Alexander - 2011
German municipalities are expected to suffer from (often significant) population losses in the upcoming decades. We assess these local governments' vulnerability to the fiscal consequences of this demographic decline through two means (using a sample of 1021 municipalities in the state of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049275
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Religious Heterogeneity and Fiscal Policy : Evidence from German Reunification
Freier, Ronny; Geys, Benny; Holm, Joshua - 2013
Theoretical work based on social identity theory and in-group favoritism predicts that increased population diversity (e.g., due to immigration) reduces support for redistributive public policies. In this article, we add to the empirical literature testing this prediction in three ways. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160229
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Evaluating efficient public good provision : theory and evidence from a generalised conditional efficiency model for public libraries
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny - 2010
Produktionsfaktoren (beispielsweise Arbeit und Kapital) zur Erzeugung eines Dienstleistungspotenzials (beispielsweise Öffnungszeiten … bezüglich der öffentlichen produktiven (In-)Effizienz und ihrer Determinanten. Daher wird in dem Paper ein speziell … Einstellung der Gemeindeverwaltungen, Wohlstand und Dichte der ortsansässigen Bevölkerung, sowie die Art der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409124
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Evaluating efficient public good provision : theory and evidence from a generalised conditional efficiency model for public libraries
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny - In: Journal of urban economics 69 (2011) 3, pp. 319-327
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009259500
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Religious heterogeneity and fiscal policy : evidence from German reunification
Freier, Ronny; Geys, Benny; Holm, Joshua - 2013
Theoretical work based on social identity theory and in-group favoritism predicts that increased population diversity (e.g., due to immigration) reduces support for redistributive public policies. In this article, we add to the empirical literature testing this prediction in three ways. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722300
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(De)Centralization and voter turnout : theory and evidence from German municipalities
Michelsen, Claus; Bönisch, Peter; Geys, Benny - In: Public choice 159 (2014) 3/4, pp. 469-483
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387776
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Evaluating efficient public good provision : theory and evidence from a generalised conditional efficiency model for public libraries
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933730
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Political fragmentation and projected tax revenues : evidence from Flemish municipalities
Goeminne, Stijn; Geys, Benny; Smolders, Carine - In: International tax and public finance 15 (2008) 3, pp. 297-315
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003722338
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Local governments in the wake of demographic change : evidence from German municipalities
Geys, Benny; Heinemann, Friedrich; Kalb, Alexander - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003776250
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Religious heterogeneity and fiscal policy : evidence from German reunification
Freier, Ronny; Geys, Benny; Holm, Joshua - In: Journal of urban economics 94 (2016), pp. 1-12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636535