This paper investigates whether the costs of corruption are conditional on the extent of government intervention in the economy. We use data on corruption convictions and economic growth between 1975 and 2007 across the U.S. states to test this hypothesis. Although no state approaches the level...

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...

We estimate the effect of legislative term limits on various categories of state government spending using the most recent panel of 47 states from 1972 to 2005. Besides the usual economic, political, fiscal and demographic factors, we also control for the state tax and expenditure limitations....

We provide an analysis of the housing market and current housing policies in three developed countries: the United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and the United States (US). We focus on these three countries mainly due to the marked differences in their institutional settings. The UK is...

Dieses Buch umfasst in systematischer Darstellung die gesamte Finanzwissenschaft: Theo-rie des Staates, Staatsausgaben, Steuern, Staatsverschuldung, Finanzpolitik, Nutzen-Kosten-Analyse, Bürokratie, Gesundheitswesen, öffentliche Aufträge, Umwelt und Klima, fiskalischer Föderalismus in...