This paper investigates the impact of the intensity of political competition on the leviathan behavior by political incumbents. Using panel data from German municipalities, we test whether the relative political strength of parties in local councils influences the spending behavior of...

Die zentrale Zielsetzung dieser Arbeit besteht darin, einen Qualitätsmanagement-ansatz für IT-Vergaben zu entwickeln, um die Qualität der Ausschreibungen zu erhöhen. Hierfür werden die Prozesse der öffentlichen Auftragsvergabe von IT-Leistungen betrachtet. Dabei könnten die internen...

We provide evidence that German public energy providers, over which municipality-level politicians hold substantial sway, systematically adjust the pricing of electric energy in response to local electoral cycles. The documented pattern is in line with both, an artificial reduction in prices...

This paper exploits dictated delays in local police hiring by a centralized national authority to break the simultaneity between police and crime. In Italy police officers can only be hired through lengthy national public contests which the Parliament, the President, and the Court of Auditors...

Steuerungsrelevante und zukunftsorientierte Aufgabenbereiche der Länder wie die öffentliche Sicherheit, das Schulwesen oder die Infrastrukturausgaben haben in den letzten Jahren deutlich an Gewicht gewonnen. Allerdings gibt es kaum fundierte Analysen, da die statistischen Informationen dazu am...

Despite the widespread debate about crime in Brazil and the alarming increase in homicides in recent years, few studies have analyzed or exposed evidence of the impact of public security spending on deterring violence in the country. This may be due to issues of endogeneity when estimating the...

Despite the widespread debate about crime in Brazil and the alarming increase in homicides in recent years, few studies have analyzed or expos ed evidence of the impact of public security spending on det erring violence in the country . This may be due to issues of endogeneity when estimating...

This paper gives a review on the theoretical foundation for fiscal decentralisation and a status quo analysis of the intergovernmental relations in Mongolia. It consists of two parts. Part I briefly reviews the theories of fiscal decentralisation and its impact on the nations’ welfare...

This paper is a study of the influence of economic and political conditions on the results of incumbent parties' candidates in local elections in France. The large sample used covers 586 towns and two elections (2001 and 2008). It explicitly deals with the specificities induced by the tworound...

Die zentrale Zielsetzung dieser Arbeit besteht darin, einen Qualitätsmanagement-ansatz für IT-Vergaben zu entwickeln, um die Qualität der Ausschreibungen zu erhöhen. Hierfür werden die Prozesse der öffentlichen Auftragsvergabe von IT-Leistungen betrachtet. Dabei könnten die internen...