We investigate the implications of extra-normal government spending under the COVID-19 pandemic for commercial bank lending growth between 2019Q4 and 2020Q4 in a large sample of over 3000 banks from 71 countries. We control for pre-pandemic structural factors, bank characteristics and government...

We present new evidence on the effect of grants on charities' incomes. We employ a novel identification strategy, focusing on charities that applied for lottery grant funding and comparing outcomes for successful and unsuccessful applicants. Overall, grants do not crowd out other income but the...

We use an instrumental-variables estimator reliant on variation in congressional representation to analyze the effects of federal aid to state and local governments across all four major pieces of COVID-19 response legislation. Through September 2021, we estimate that the federal government...

Anhand der Daten der Euro-Ländern (mit Ausnahme Luxemburgs) wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Auswirklungen die Einführung des Euro und der Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt auf die Finanzpolitik dieser Länder hatte und ob der durch diese Budgetgestaltung ausgelöste konjunkturelle Impuls...