Fiscal federalism has been an important topic among public finance theorists in the last four decades. There is a series of arguments that decentralization of governments enhances growth by improving allocation efficiency. However, the empirical studies have shown mixed results for...

Fiscal federalism has been an important topic among public finance theorists in the last four decades. There is a series of arguments that decentralization of governments enhances growth by improving allocation efficiency. However, the empirical studies have shown mixed results for...

In dieser Arbeit wird ein föderales System definiert, das eine hohe Allokationseffizienz gewährleistet und politische Verantwortlichkeiten erkennbar lässt. Das empfohlene System ist orthodox, wurde allerdings in der Vergangenheit in Frage gestellt: Untergeordnete Gebietskörperschaften seien...

We model EU countries? bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. We find that country-specific factors (in the form of heterogeneous intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. Whilst ?new? EU countries typically have lower ratings than...