This paper seeks to study the impacts of the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) with respect to greater devolution of untied transfers from centre to states. This recommendation was made and carried on keeping in mind that the states should be granted greater flexibility...

We document the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Brazilian labor market focusing on employment, wages and hours worked using the nationally representative household surveys PNAD-Continua and PNAD COVID. Sectors most susceptible to the shock because they are more...

Die Schweizer Staatsquote steigt seit den 90er Jahren stark an. Der Wirtschaftstheorie folgend sollte sich der Staat jedoch auf seine Kernaktivitäten beschränken, um ein optimales Wirtschaftswachstum zu ermöglichen. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Höhe und die Entwicklung der grössten...

"The size of government is arguably the most controversial discussion in United States politics, and this issue won't fade from prominence any time soon. There must surely be a tipping point beyond which more government taxing and spending harms the economy, but where is that point? In this...