Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-058 // 2007

    The Accuracy and Efficiency of the Consensus Forecasts: A Further Application and Extension of the Pooled Approach

    In this paper we analyze the macroeconomic forecasts of the Consensus Forecasts for 12 countries over the period from 1996 to 2006 regarding bias and information efficiency. A pooled approach is employed which…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-056 // 2007

    Public Universities, Tuition and Competition – A Tiebout Model

    A simple Tiebout model is presented where states provide university education to both immobile and mobile students. State governments choose the quality of public universities by trading off the value of…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2007

    Expenditure reform in industrialised countries: a case study approach

    This study examines reforms of public expenditure in industrialised countries over the past two decades. We distinguish ambitious and timid reformers and analyse in detail reform experiences in eight case…