1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-03 // 2002

    Public Sector Centralization and Productivity Growth: Reviewing the German Experience

    The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long–term perspective. A theoretical model shows that, due to spillover effects of public service…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2002

    Does old capital matter for implementing a Pareto-improving tax reform?

    Is it possible to replace the income tax by a consumption tax or a wage tax such that (i) a dynamic (intergenerational) Pareto-improvement is obtained and (ii) only the information available from enforcing the…