Diesem Bericht kann man die Ergebnisse der "ifo Bauvorausschätzung/Regionen in Westdeutschland" 1994-1997 entnehmen. Dabei beruft sich der Autor auf die gleichnamige Teilstudie des ifo Instituts, die soeben abgeschlossen und ausgeliefert wurde. Außer von den demographischen Entwicklungen und...

Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector performance. The underlying idea is that engagement fosters political awareness and interest and increases the public?s monitoring ability. Still, although extensive voter involvement may put...

We set up a model to characterize the reaction functions of governments competing for mobile capital by simultaneously setting both the business tax rate as well as the level of provision of a productive public input. Using a rich data set of local jurisdictions, we then test the predictions of...