are informed about personal characteristics in the second game. Results show that guilt-averse women are significantly … negative externality. Interestingly, we find that women are not sensitive to the decision context, i.e., even when social …

) in West Germany. Taking into account possible competition effects, tax rates are found to be positively related to the …

empirical implications are tested using a large panel of jurisdictions in Germany, which have discretion in setting the local …

in West Germany's districts. The results indicate that collection rates are set in response to the fiscal decisions of …

actually favors stabilization. In an empirical analysis for Germany, the paper adds support for the finding of significant … regional stabilization by fiscal flows. The results indicate that about 17 % of GDP variation across West Germany's states has … been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for …

This paper discusses whether the dominant position of the Old Laender's economy in the unified Germany hampers the … to the conditions in unified Germany the roles of transport costs, trade in intermediates, congestion effects, start …

market competition. In particular, we analyse some current developments in Germany, such as the introduction of sector …

in Germany. The results suggest that attempts of state level governments to extract fiscal resources from the local …