German municipalities are expected to suffer from (often significant) population losses in the upcoming decades. We assess these local governments’ vulnerability to the fiscal consequences of this demographic decline through two means (using a sample of 1021 municipalities in the state of...

German municipalities are expected to suffer from (often significant) population losses in the upcoming decades. We assess these local governments' vulnerability to the fiscal consequences of this demographic decline through two means (using a sample of 1021 municipalities in the state of...

We examine how highway accessibility influences local employment outcomes. We exploit the stagewise expansion of the "Baltic Sea highway", the largest contiguous highway construction project in Germany since 1945. Results from difference-indifferences estimations and an event study approach show...

Das Finanzsystem des kommunalen Sektors in Deutschland zeigt in ansteigendem Maße Schwächen bei der Sicherstellung der Stabilität und einer ausreichenden Höhe der Einnahmebasis zur Deckung der entsprechenden Ausgaben auf. Schwankungsanfällige Einnahmen stehen stetigen und anwachsenden...