Publications in refereed journals
•	Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, accepted (with Zareh Asatryan, Theocharis Grigoriadis, and Friedrich Heinemann).
•	Intergovernmental transfers, local fiscal policy, and the flypaper effect: evidence from a German State, FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis, accepted.
•	Election cycles and electricity provision: evidence from a quasi-experiment with Indian special elections, Journal of Public Economics, 126, p. 64-73, 2015 (with Yogesh Uppal and Brian Min).
•	Tax innovations and public revenues in sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Development Studies, 51, p. 689-706, 2015 (with Pelle Ahlerup and Arne Bigsten).
•	Has globalization affected collective bargaining? An empirical test, 1980-2009, World Economy, accepted (with Zohal Hessami).
•	Identifying local tax mimicking with administrative borders and a policy reform, Journal of Public Economics, 118, p. 41-51, 2014.
•	Taxation and democratization, World Development 56, p. 287-301, 2014.
•	Coalition governments, cabinet size, and the common pool problem: evidence from the German States, European Journal of Political Economy, 32, p. 356-376, 2013.
•	The economics and empirics of tax competition: a survey and lessons for the EU, Erasmus Law Review, 7:1, 2013 (with Mariana Lopes da Fonseca).
•	Do bailouts buy votes? Evidence from a panel of Hessian municipalities, Economics of Governance 45, p. 257-278, 2013.
•	Fiscal capacity and government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa, World Development 45, p. 92-107, 2013 (with Arne Bigsten).
•	Fiscal decentralization and economic growth in OECD countries: Is there a relationship?, Public Finance Review 41, p. 421-445, 2013 (with Lars P. Feld).
•	Tax decentralization and public deficits in OECD countries, Publius: The Journal of Federalism 42, p. 688-707, 2012.
•	Public education spending in a globalized world: is there a shift in priorities across educational stages?, International Tax and Public Finance 19, p. 677-707, 2012 (with Zohal Hessami).
•	Revenue decentralization and inflation: a re-evaluation, Economics Letters 116, p. 298-300, 2012.
•	Creative destruction and fiscal institutions: A long-run case study of three regions, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 22, p. 563-583, 2012 (with Lars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach).
•	Soft budget constraints and strategic interactions in subnational borrowing: evidence from the German States, 1975-2005, Journal of Urban Economics 71, p. 114-127, 2012.
•	Fiscal decentralization, ideology, and the size of the public sector, European Journal of Political Economy 27, 485-506, 2011.
•	The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the network structure of international trade, International Review of Economics and Finance 20, p. 135–145, 2011 (with Florian Blöchl, Tilman Brück, and Fabian Theis).
•	Federalism, budget deficits and public debt: On the reform of Germany's fiscal constitution, Review of Law and Economics 4(3), 2010 (with Lars P. Feld).
•	On the link between fiscal decentralization and public debt in OECD countries, Public Choice 145, p. 351-378, 2010.
•	Supranational integration and national reorganization: On the Maastricht treaty's impact on fiscal decentralization in EU countries, Constitutional Political Economy 21, 309-335, 2010.
•	Did the Maastricht treaty matter for macroeconomic performance?, Kyklos 62, p. 331-358, 2009.
Book chapters
•	Political decentralization and the effectiveness of aid, in: Arne Bigsten (ed.), Globalization and development: rethinking interventions and governance, New York: Routledge, forthcoming (with Arne Bigsten and Zohal Hessami).
•	La II Comisión del Federalismo: reformas recientes de las relaciones financieras entre la federación y los Länder en Alemania, in: J. L. Laborda, M. Kölling and F. Knüpling (eds.), La reforma del sistema de financiación de las Communidades Autónomas -- perspectivas internacionales, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid 2010 (with Lars P. Feld).
•	Zur Reform der deutschen Finanzverfassung, in: G.G. Schulze (eds.), Reformen für Deutschland - die wichtigsten Handlungsfelder aus ökonomischer Sicht, Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart 2009 (with Lars P. Feld).
•	The Swiss system of fiscal federalism: lessons for the German reform discussion, in: Ralf Thomas Baus, Raoul Blindenbacher und Ulrich Karpen (eds.), Competition vs. cooperation: German fiscal federalism in need of reform - a comparative perspective, Nomos, Baden-Baden 2007, S. 298-320 (with Lars P. Feld).
•	Das Schweizer Modell des fiskalischen Föderalismus: Lehren für die deutsche Reformdiskussion, in: Kai. A. Konrad und Beate Jochimsen (eds.), Der Föderalstaat nach dem Berlin-Urteil, Peter Lang, Frankfurt et al. 2007, S. 105-133 (with Lars P. Feld).
Miscellanea
•	Die Ökonomie des Länderfinanzausgleichs, WIST, 42 (5), 2013.
•	Die deutsche Schuldenbremse -- ein institutioneller Fortschritt?, WIST 38(10), 2009 (with Lars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach).
•	(Extreme) Haushaltsnotlage in Bremen?, Finanzwissenschaftliches Gutachten im Auftrag der Länder Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen und Sachsen, Juni 2007 (with Lars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach).
Working Papers
•	Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany, Mimeo, University of Göttingen, 2014 (with Mariana Lopes da Fonseca).
•	The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes, Mimeo, University of Göttingen, University of Freiburg, and ZEW Mannheim, 2013 (with Zareh Asatryan and Friedrich Heinemann).
•	Electoral thresholds and the success of minor parties, Mimeo, University of Göttingen, 2014 (with Mariana Lopes da Fonseca).
•	Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth: A meta-analysis, Mimeo, University of Heidelberg, 2014 (with Lars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach).
•	Ideology and fiscal policy: quasi-experimental evidence from the German States, Mimeo, University of Göttingen, 2012.
•	How are political and fiscal institutions related to the likelihood of fiscal crises and the success of fiscal adjustments?, Mimeo, Universities of Göttingen and Konstanz, 2011 (with Zohal Hessami).
•	Monetary integration, soft budget constraints, and the EMU sovereign debt crises, Mimeo, Universities of Göttingen and Konstanz, 2011 (with Zohal Hessami).
•	Depressing dependence: transfers and economic growth in the German States., Mimeo, University of Heidelberg, 2013 (with Lars P. Feld and Sarah Necker).