We investigate how lump-sum equalization transfers affect expenditures and taxes in the municipalities of the largest … German state North Rhine-Westphalia. In general, those general-purpose transfers cannot be treated as exogenous variables … instrumental variables. Findings suggest the existence of the "flypaper effect" - municipalities use transfers to increase …

sich besonders gut, um innerfamiliale Solidarität und Transfers aus einer lebensverlaufsbezogenen Perspektive zu …The research on private financial transfers between generations lacks a longitudinal perspective. Gifts as … intergenerational transfers inter vivos allow us to study the importance of life course events for the chances of receiving transfers …