Advocates of fiscal decentralization argue that amongst other benefits, it can increase the efficiency of delivery of government services. This paper is one of the first to evaluate this claim empirically by looking at the association between expenditure decentralization and the productive...

According to economists, severe legal sanctions deter violations of the law. According to legal scholars, people may obey law backed by mild sanctions because of norm-activation. We experimentally investigate the effects of mild and severe legal sanctions in the provision of public goods. The...

Im Gegensatz zur politischen Diskussion scheint unter deutschen Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern ein Konsens zu bestehen, daß Studiengebühren eingeführt werden sollten. Es soll dargelegt werden, welche ökonomischen Gründe trotzdem gegen Studiengebühren sprechen. Vorbereitend ist zu zeigen, daß...