This paper considers the decentralized funding of public universities in a federation when students and graduates are mobile. In particular, I discuss whether local governments should be given the right to differentiate tuition fees between in-state and out-of-state students. I develop a model...

Anfang des Jahres traten mit dem Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz umfangreiche Steuersenkungen in Kraft. Strittig ist, ob die Steuersenkungen tatsächlich zu positiven Wachstumswirkungen führen oder lediglich die ohnehin schon drastische Staatsverschuldung vergrößern. Untersuchungen mit einem...

This paper tests empirically for welfare competition between the 439 German counties. The first contribution of this paper is to provide evidence that the intensity of competition is sensitive to the degree of autonomy that local authorities have over their welfare policies. Using a major reform...

The European Redemption Pact (ERP), a proposal of the German Council of Economic Experts, describes an exit strategy from the debt crisis which currently plagues the Euro-Area. The pact includes a binding commitment of all participating countries to bring public debt ratios below the reference...

This paper considers the decentralized funding of public universities in a federation when students and graduates are mobile. In particular, I discuss whether local governments should be given the right to differentiate tuition fees between in-state and out-of-state students. I develop a model...

In Deutschland besteht seit dem Beschluss des Energiekonzepts der schwarz-gelben Koalition im Jahr 2010 und dem im Jahr 2011 erneut bestätigten Ausstieg aus der Kernenergie ein Konsens, die Stromerzeugung bis zum Jahr 2050 so umzubauen, dass die erneuerbaren Energien daran den Hauptanteil...