Due to the growing share of ”green” electricity generated by renewable energy technologies, the frequency of negative price spikes has substantially increased in Germany. To reduce such events, in 2012, a market premium scheme (MPS) was introduced as an alternative to feed-in tariffs for the...

The slippery slope framework explains tax compliance along two main dimensions, trust in authorities and power of authorities, which influence taxpayers' compliance attitudes. Through frequentist and Bayesian analyses, we investigated the framework's assumptions on a sample of 2786...

Recent research suggests that households would increase their electricity consumption in the aftermath of installing photovoltaics (PV) panels, a behavioral change commonly referred to as the solar rebound. Drawing on panel data originating from the German Residential Energy Consumption Survey...

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) provide opportunities for a more flexible and market-based provision of public services. At the same time, they may impair fiscal transparency and offer politicians discretion in the presence of strict fiscal rules if these only constrain the core udget. Using a...

Eine neue Studie untersucht, ob Nebeneinkünfte die politische Tätigkeit von Bundestagsabgeordneten beeinträchtigen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen nicht, dass Nebeneinkünfte mit der Abwesenheit in namentlichen Abstimmungen und der Zahl der Reden im Parlament korrelieren. Es gibt jedoch eine negative...

Demokratische Entscheidungsprozesse werden zurzeit vielfach angegriffen. Insbesondere in der Digitalisierung sehen viele eine Gefahr für die Demokratie. Der Autor sieht hingegen Chancen für die Demokratie und plädiert dafür, digitale Instrumente auszuprobieren. Digitale Instrumente wie...

The economic crisis has laid open deficiencies in the construction of the European Economic and Monetary Union. At its foundation, it was assumed that monetary integration would reduce the likelihood of asymmetric shocks. The crisis shows, however, that endogenous mechanisms may even amplify...