political sphere is related to government performance – in terms of its efficiency – using a broad panel of German … municipalities. Our results suggest that voter involvement indeed has a positive impact on (technical) efficiency. Crucially, however …, this efficiency-enhancing effect of voter involvement is significantly (positively) affected by local governments? fiscal …

In this paper, we compare the efficiency of the Italian and German universities in the process of transforming public …

In this paper, we compare the efficiency of the Italian and German university system in the process of translating … over the period 2006-2011, we find that Italian universities are significantly better in terms of cost efficiency than …

, this discretion makes the court more efficient. Efficiency comes at a political cost, though. This discretion also gives … investigates whether the ensuing efficiency gain comes at the cost of biasing the court's jurisprudence. The paper exploits a new …

In this paper, we compare the efficiency of the Italian and German university system in the process of translating … over the period 2006-2011, we find that Italian universities are significantly better in terms of cost efficiency than …