This thesis analyzes the dynamic of fiscal capitalization across space and over time in the Canton of Zurich. While the literature provides a profusion of evidence on capitalization, there is still a controversy on the extent to which local fiscal variables capitalize into house values and on...

This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT...

This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay, for the period 19922006. Six dimensions are analysed: income, child attendance at school, education of the household head, sanitation, water...