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of Bavaria, our estimation results suggest that power does matter. Somewhat surprisingly, the center-left party SPD is …This paper estimates the effect of political power on tax policies in municipal councils under a proportional election … system. The main challenge in estimating the causal effect of parties on policy is to isolate the effect of power from …
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of Bavaria, our estimation results suggest that power does matter. Somewhat surprisingly, the center-left party SPD is …This paper estimates the effect of political power on tax policies in municipal councils under a proportional election … system. The main challenge in estimating the causal effect of parties on policy is to isolate the effect of power from …
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.3.1 Levels of local government in Germany 29 1.3.2 Responsibilities, autonomy, and taxing power … economics for Germany 26 1.3 Institutional background 29 1 …
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Abstract AbstractWie sollen die Regeln für Entscheidungsprozesse gestaltet werden und wie sollen Institutionen aussehen? Diese Arbeit trägt zur Beantwortung dieser übergeordneten Frage bei, in dem sie auf kommunaler Ebene ökonomische, fiskalische und politische Effekte von Institutionen mit...
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The government fragmentation hypothesis (GFH) states that coalition governments spend more than single-party governments due to an underlying common pool problem. Using a large panel data set on 604 local governments in the German state of Baden-Württemberg for the 1994-2014 period, I test the...
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