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Labor market effects of economic integration : the impact of re-unification in German border regions

Büttner, Thiess; Rincke, Johannes - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002048605

Modeling fiscal sustainability in dynamic macro-panels with heterogenous effects : evidence from German federal states

Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Wolfinger, Julia - 2018

In this paper, we extend Henning Bohn's (2008) fiscal sustainability test by allowing for slope heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence (CD). In particular, our econometric approach is the first that allows fiscal reaction functions (FRF) to capture unobserved heterogeneous effects from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814265

Local business taxation and competition for capital : the choice of the tax rate

Büttner, Thiess - 1998

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621715

The German productivity paradox : facts and explanations

Elstner, Steffen; Feld, Lars P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2018

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth. This paper analyzes the reasons behind this disconcerting development. A major factor is the turnaround of the labor market that commenced around 2005. The successful...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897954

Central wage bargaining and local wage flexibility: evidence from the entire wage distribution

Büttner, Thiess; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 1998

We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage distribution: local wage flexibility is more relevant for the upper part of the wage distribution, and flexibility of wages negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428177

Local business taxation and competition for capital: the choice of the tax rate

Büttner, Thiess - 1998

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428182

Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany

Büttner, Thiess - 1999

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428245

Fiscal externalities in local tax competition : empirical evidence from a panel of German jurisdictions

Büttner, Thiess - 2001

This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well as the tax rate in the neighborhood affect the local tax base. The results support the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428393

Public sector centralization and productivity growth : reviewing the German experience

Behnisch, Alexej; Büttner, Thiess; Stegarescu, Dan - 2002

The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428462

Local determinants of crime : distinguishing between resident and non-resident offenders

Büttner, Thiess - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428549