Scholars have been active in investigating causes and consequences of austerity policies. We examine how economists use the term "austerity" in scientific studies and measure austerity in empirical analyses. The sample includes around 3,500 journal articles published in the top 400 journals...

Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Regierungen die Steuern nach nationalen Krisen erhöht haben. Der Effekt ist besonders groß bei Finanzkrisen und Naturkatastrophen, tritt vor allem im ersten Jahr nach der Krise auf und betrifft die Unternehmen-, Einkommen- und Umsatzsteuer. Die Erhöhung von...

This paper investigates the major drivers of governmental redistribution. Extended and harmonised data on effective redistribution recently provided by the newest version of the Standardized World Income Inequality Database allows for the assessment of the origins of governmental redistribution...

This paper examines how policy affects social expenditures. Analyzing an OECD panel from 1980 to 2003, five political variables are tested: Election- and pre-election years, the ideological party composition of the governments, the number of coalition partners and the fact, if the ruling...