. The policy positions taken can often be determined by ideology. We examine economic policy positions by investigating …

natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that … ; government ideology ; partisan politics …

what extent government ideology predicts if state governments consolidate budgets and which fiscal adjustment path they …

Is government ideology important for fiscal policy? I study this question with data from all German States over the … period 1975-2005. To identify the effect of ideology, I rely on a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. I find that left …-wing state governments spend more than state governments with right-wing and mixed ideology. Deficits of left-wing governments …

whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real estate transfer tax rates; and show that leftwing …

. The policy positions taken can often be determined by ideology. We examine economic policy positions by investigating …

Is government ideology important for fiscal policy? I study this question with data from all German States over the … period 1975-2005. To identify the effect of ideology, I rely on a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. I find that left …-wing state governments spend more than state governments with right-wing and mixed ideology. Deficits of left-wing governments …

natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that …

rates. We exploit this reform and investigate whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real …