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In many countries, important features of municipal government (such as the electoral system, mayors' salaries, and the number of councillors) depend on whether the municipality is above or below arbitrary population thresholds. Several papers have used a regression discontinuity design (RDD) to...
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Viele Bundesländer haben nach der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise spezielle Konsolidierungsprogramme für finanzschwache Kommunen aufgelegt. Mit dem Programmstart zeigten sich bei den teilnehmenden Kommunen deutliche Verbesserungen bei den Finanzkennzahlen. Allerdings ergeben sich als Reaktion auf...
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This paper studies the effect of attending a high-quality secondary school on subsequent educational outcomes. The analysis is based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study in which we observe children when they make their secondary school choice (between ages 10-12) and later when...
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