In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governments were active in introducing tuition...

Im Januar 2005 hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht den Bundesländern freigestellt, Studiengebühren zu erheben. Den Landesregierungen wurde somit ein bislang nicht verfügbares bildungspolitisches Instrument an die Hand gegeben. Im Rahmen eines solchen natürlichen Experiments lässt sich die in...

In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to chargetuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideologyinfluenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governmentswere active in introducing tuition fees....

In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governments were active in introducing tuition...

In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to chargetuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideologyinfluenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governmentswere active in introducing tuition fees....

Im Januar 2005 hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht den Bundesländern freigestellt, Studiengebühren zu erheben. Den Landesregierungen wurde somit ein bislang nicht verfügbares bildungspolitisches Instrument an die Hand gegeben. Im Rahmen eines solchen natürlichen Experiments lässt sich die in...

In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governments were active in introducing tuition...

In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governments were active in introducing tuition...

»Sparen« oder »Wachstum«: Dies seien die alternativen Wirtschaftspolitiken, zwischen denen Politiker gegenwärtig wählen könnten. Hans-Werner Sinn und Niklas Potrafke zeigen, dass eine solche Alternative die Öffentlichkeit in die Irre führt. Zusätzliche Staatsausgaben zur...

This paper describes the role of government ideology on economic policy-making in the United States. I consider studies using data for the national, state and local level and elaborate on checks and balances, especially divided government, measurement of government ideology and empirical...