We investigate empirically how party ideology influences size and scope of government as measured by the size of government, tax structure and labor market regulation. Our dataset comprises 49 US states over the 1993-2009 period. We employ the new data on the ideological mapping of US...

In this study, we analyze the cyclicality of fiscal policies in China during the period 1978-2013. We find that the cyclicality of local government spending in China significantly affects the cyclicality of total government spending. By employing both time-series and province-level panel data,...

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...

Ausgangslage -- Grundlagen zum Phänomen Wirtschaftskriminalität -- Tax Fraud -- Unternehmen im Fokus von Geldwäscheaktivitäten -- Berufliche Anforderungen an den Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprüfer -- Strafrechtliche Rahmenordnung und Selbstregulierung -- Forensic Accounting -- Anti-Fraud...

Das Thema ist von höchster Brisanz in Unternehmen, da ein fehlendes oder unzureichendes Anti-Fraud-Management längst kein Kavaliersdelikt mehr ist. Das Buch beschreibt den nationalen und internationalen rechtlichen Rahmen und die Besonderheiten für den Berufsstand der Wirtschaftsprüfer und...

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link between globalization and income inequality differs across...