This paper is based on the conjecture that institutional details matter and that attempts to estimate the economic effects of federalism by drawing on a simple dummy variable neglect potentially important institutional details. Based on a pricipal component analysis, seven aspects of both...

This paper explores the idea that institutional details matter and that attempts to estimate the economic effects of federalism by employing a simple dummy variable neglect potentially important institutional details. Based on a principal component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and...

Hauptanliegen des Gutachtens ist eine Überprüfung der ökonomischen Wirkungen der Städtebauförderung in Ostdeutschland am Beispiel des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Im wesentlichen werden dazu die Wirkungszusammenhänge zwischen Mitteleinsatz und ökonomisch relevanten Zielgrößen...