The standard tax theory result that investment should not be distorted is based on the assumption that profits are locally bound. In this paper we analyze the optimal tax policy when firms are internationally mobile. We show that the optimal policy response to increasing firm mobility may be...

Social justice is a topic of importance to social scientists and also political decision makers. We examine the relationship between globalization and social justice as measured by a new indicator for 31 OECD countries. The results show that countries that experienced rapid globalization enjoy...

This paper describes the empirical evidence on partisan politics in OECD panel studies. I elaborate on the research designs, the measurement of government ideology and why the empirical studies do not and cannot derive causal effects. Discussing about 100 panel data studies, the results indicate...

Kaum ein Thema im weiten Feld der Politischen Ökonomie ist so populär und zugleich so problembeladen wie das der politischen Konjunkturzyklen. Die theoretische Literatur sieht in der Wahlunsicherheit eine zentrale Einflussgröße. Vorhandene empirische Studien vernachlässigen diesen...