Research
Fields of interest
- Tax Competition and Fiscal Federalism
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Trade and Income Inequality
Publications
Working papers
- “Do Commuting Subsidies Drive Workers to Better Jobs” (with David Agrawal and Elke Jahn), CESifo Working Paper No. 10981, Munich, 2024
Refereed journals
- “A Theory of Economic Disintegration” (with Karl Schulz), International Economic Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, February 2024, 353–392
- “Extraterritorial Trade Sanctions: Theory and Application to the US-Iran-EU Conflict”, Review of International Economics 32(1), February 2024, 49–71.
- “The global minimum tax raises more revenues you think, or much less” (with Guttorm Schjelderup), Journal of International Economics, Volume 145, November 2023, 103837 (pdf)
- “Consistent Flexibility: Enforcement of Fiscal Rules Through Political Incentives” (with Valerio Dotti), European Journal of Political Economy, August 2023, Article 102449
- “Preferences over Taxation of High-Income Individuals: Evidence from a Survey Experiment” (with Dirk Engelmann, Lydia Mechtenberg and Nils Wehrhöfer), European Economic Review, Volume 157, August 2023, Article 104505 (pdf)
- “Nonlinear Taxation and International Mobility in General Equilibrium” (with Karl Schulz), Journal of Public Economics 218, 2023, Article 104811 (pdf)
- “European fiscal reform preferences of parliamentarians in France, Germany, and Italy” (with Sebastian Blesse, Massimo Bordignon, Pierre Boyer, Piergiorgio Carapella, Friedrich Heinemann and Anasuya Raj), European Union Politics 23 (3), Sept. 2022, 529–540.
- “Incumbency and Expectations of Fiscal Rule Compliance: Evidence from Surveys of German Policy Makers” (with Friedrich Heinemann and Maximilian Todtenhaupt), European Journal of Political Economy, 2021, Article 102093. (pdf)
- “Investor State Dispute Settlement and Host Country Regulation: Insights from Economic Theory”, In: Chaisse J., Choukroune L., Jusoh S. (eds) Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, 2020. Springer, Singapore.
- “Compliance Effects of Sovereign Debt Cuts” (with Armin Steinbach), International Review of Law and Economics 60, December 2019, 105854
- “Regulatory Chill and the Effect of Investor State Dispute Settlements”, Review of International Economics 27(4), 2019, 1172-1198
- “European Monetary Union Reform Preferences of French and German Parliamentarians” (with Sebastian Blesse, Pierre Boyer, Friedrich Heinemann and Anasuya Raj), European Union Politics 20 (3), 2019, 406–424
- “Fiscal Competition and Public Debt” (with Maximilian Todtenhaupt), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 168, December 2018, 47–61 (online appendix)
- “Intégration européenne et politiques du marché du travail: Quel consensus entre parlementaires francais et allemands?” (with S. Blesse, P.C. Boyer, F. Heinemann, A. Raj) Revue d'Economie Politique, Vol. 127 (5), 2017, 737–759
- “Income inequality and export prices across countries” (with Lisandra Flach) Canadian Journal of Economics 50 (1), 2017, 162–200
- “Fiscal Rules and Compliance Expectations – Evidence for the German Debt Brake” (with Friedrich Heinemann, Christoph Schröder and Frank Streif) Journal of Public Economics 142, October 2016, 11–13
- “Trade and the Political Economy of Redistribution” (with Gonzague Vannoorenberghe) Journal of International Economics, Vol. 98, January 2016, 233–244
- “City Competition for the Creative Class” (with Thiess Buettner) Journal of Cultural Economics 40 (4), November 2016, 413–451
- “Who likes to fend for oneself? Revenue Autonomy Preferences of Subnational Politicians in Germany” (with Friedrich Heinemann, Marc-Daniel Moessinger and Christoph Schröder), Publius – The Journal of Federalism 45 (4), 2015, 653–685
- “Tax Policy, Tax Competition and Fiscal Rules: Insights from Classroom Experiment and Surveys of Politicians” Finanzarchiv, Vol. 70 (3), 2014, 345–373
- “Tax and the City – A Theory of Local Tax Competition” (with Steffen Osterloh), Journal of Public Economics, 106, October 2013, 89–100
- “Germany's New Debt Break Rule: A Blueprint for Europe?”, Finanzarchiv / Public Finance Analysis, 68(4), December 2012, 383–405
- “Optimal Fiscal Federalism in the Presence of Tax Competition” (with John D. Wilson), Journal of Public Economics, 95 (11–12), December 2011, 1302-1311
- “Viewing tax policy through party-colored glasses: What German politicians believe” (with Friedrich Heinemann), German Economic Review, 12(3), August 2011, 286–311
- “The Welfare Effects of Tax Competition Reconsidered: Politicians and Political Institutions” (with G. Schjelderup), The Economic Journal, 119, 2009, 1143 – 1161
- “Education, Redistribution and the Threat of Brain Drain” (with Alexander Haupt), International Tax and Public Finance, 16, 2009, 1–24
- “Exports, Unemployment, and the Welfare State”, Canadian Journal of Economics, 42, 2009, 930–955
- “International Trade and Consumption Network Externalities” (previous title: “International Trade and Cultural Identity”), European Economic Review 51, 2007, 781–803
- “Moral Federalism” , The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5, Issue 1, 2006, Article 32
- “Decentralization and international tax competition” (with John D. Wilson), Journal of Public Economics 89, July 2005, 1211-1229
- “Taxes or Fees? The Political Economy of Providing Excludable Public Goods” (with Kurtis J. Swope), Journal of Public Economic Theory 7, 2005, 405–426
- “Strategic Investment by a Regulated Firm” (with Amihai Glazer), International Tax and Public Finance 11, March 2004, 123–132
- “Taxation and Evasion in the Presence of Extortion by Organized Crime” (with M. Alexeev und S. Osborne), Journal of Comparative Economics 32, September 2004, 375–387
- “Global Corporations and Local Politics: Income Redistribution vs. FDI Subsidies”, Journal of Development Economics 74, August 2004, 367–391
- “Taxation by State and Organized Crime: Harmony or Conflict?” (with M. Alexeev und S. Osborne), Public Finance and Management 3 (4), 2003, 398–418
- “Does Trade Increase Inequality when Skills are Endogenous?” Review of International Economics 11, November 2003, 885–898
- “Is Targeted Tax Competition Less Harmful Than Its Remedies?” (with Michael Smart), International Tax and Public Finance 10, May 2003, 259–280
- “Attracting FDI in a Politically Risky World”, International Economic Review 43, November 2002, 1127-1155
- “The Citizen-Candidate Model with Primary Elections” (mit John J. Cadigan), Journal of Theoretical Politics 14, October 2002, 387–408
- “Composition of Government Budget, Non-Single Peakedness and Majority Voting” (with P. Bearse und G. Glomm), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 3, October 2001, 471–481
- “Tax Competition when Governments Lack Commitment: Excess Capacity as a Countervailing Threat” , American Economic Review 90, December 2000, 1508-1519
- “Why Poor Countries Rely Mostly on Redistribution In-Kind” (with P. Bearse und G. Glomm), Journal of Public Economics 75, March 2000, 463–482
- “Tax Evasion, Tax Competition and the Gains from Non-Discrimination: The Case of Interest Taxation in Europe” (with W. Peters), Economic Journal 109, Januar 1999, 93–101
- “Tax Competition and Trade Protection” (with John D. Wilson), Finanzarchiv 56 (3/4), 1999
- “Tax Competition in Imperfectly Competitive Markets”, Journal of International Economics44, 1998, 135–153
- “Should the Power to Redistribute Income be (De-)Centralized? An Example” (with Horst Raff), International Tax and Public Finance 4, 1997, 453–461
- “Foreign Direct Investment under Oligopoly: Profit Shifting or Profit Capturing?” Journal of Public Economics 60, 1996, 423–445
- “Corporate Income Tax Competition, Double Taxation Treaties, and Foreign Direct Investment”, Journal of Public Economics 56, 1995, 311–325.
Other articles
- “Investor State Dispute Settlement and Host Country Regulation: Insights from Economic Theory”, forthcoming in: Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy
- “Fiscal Councils in Federal or Decentralised Countries: Belgium, Germay and Spain” (with José Luis Escrivá and Geert Langenus), in: R. Beetsma and X. Debrun: Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or Lapdogs? CEPR ebook, January 2018
- “Searching for a Franco-German Consensus on the Future of Europe . Survey Results for Bundestag, Assemblée Nationale and Sénat” ZEW Policy Brief, No. 5, September 2016, with Sebastian Blesse, Pierre Boyer and Friedrich Heinemann (pdf)
Books
- “International Tax Competition”, J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1997.