In 2006, the reform of the German fiscal constitution realigned legislative powers between the federal and the state … whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real estate transfer tax rates; and show that leftwing …

rates. We exploit this reform and investigate whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real …Since 2007 the German state governments have been allowed by a constitutional reform to set real estate transfer tax …

In 2006, the reform of the German fiscal constitution realigned legislative powers between the federal and the state … whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real estate transfer tax rates; and show that leftwing …

In 2006, the reform of the German fiscal constitution realigned legislative powers between the federal and the state … whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real estate transfer tax rates; and show that leftwing …

Italian reform of the local personal income tax (PIT), which was flat before the intervention, that allows mayors to introduce … and we find that the reform consistently amplifies political budget cycle of local PIT. In terms of mechanism …

salaries of civil servants in the German states. Since a reform in 2006, German state governments are allowed to design … themselves and decide on their own salaries: government ideology is also not shown to predict salaries of cabinet members … data from other federal states such as the United States to examine how government ideology influences salaries of civil …