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Universität zu Köln → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät → Finanzwissenschaftlichen Forschungsinstitut

University of Cologne → Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences → FiFo Institute for Research in Public Economics

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Working papers

2026

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2026, "Government size and economic growth over 140 years: Evidence from a historical dataset," MENDELU Working Papers in Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, number 2026-112, Jul.

2025

  1. Brändle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten & Lerch, Benjamin, 2025, "Determinants of Healthcare Expenditure: Evidence from Switzerland between 1960-2022," Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel, number 2025/06, Jun.

2024

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2024, "How does government size affect economic growth? New results from a historical dataset," FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics, number 24-1.

2022

  1. Colombier, Carsten & Braendle, Thomas, 2022, "Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2050: ageing and the COVID-19 crisis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 120659, Jul.

2020

  1. Christian Breuer & Carsten Colombier, 2020, "Debt and Growth: Historical Evidence," Chemnitz Economic Papers, Department of Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology, number 036, Jan, revised Jan 2020.

2017

  1. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2017, "Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2045," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104737, Mar.
  2. Ernesto Zangari & Antonella Caiumi & Thomas Hemmelgarn, 2017, "Tax Uncertainty: Evidence and Policy Responses," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 67, Mar.

2016

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2016, "Population aging in healthcare - a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland," FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics, number 16-3.
  2. Thomas Hemmelgarn & Gaëtan Nicodème & Bogdan Tasnadi & Pol Vermote, 2016, "Financial Transaction Taxes in the European Union," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 62, Feb.

2015

  1. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2015, "What Drives Public Health Care Expenditure Growth? Evidence from Swiss Cantons, 1970-2012," Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel, number 2015/12.
  2. Jonas Fooken & Thomas Hemmelgarn & Benedikt Herrmann, 2015, "Improving VAT compliance – random awards for tax compliance," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 51, Jan.

2014

  1. European Commission, 2014, "Taxation trends in the European Union: 2014 edition," Taxation trends, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 2014, Jul.
  2. European Commission, 2014, "Tax reforms in EU Member States - 2014 Report," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 48, Oct.

2013

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2013, "National debt brakes as a remedy for diverging economies in the European Monetary Union?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104742, Jun.
  2. Thomas Hemmelgarn & Daniel Teichmann, 2013, "Tax Reforms and the Capital Structure of Banks," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 37, Oct.
  3. European Commission, 2013, "Taxation trends in the European Union: 2013 edition," Taxation trends, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 2013, May.
  4. European Commission, 2013, "Tax reforms in EU Member States - Tax policy challenges for economic growth and fiscal sustainability – 2013 Report," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 38, Oct.

2012

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2012, "Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2060," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104919, May.
  2. Colombier, Carsten, 2012, "Drivers of health care expenditure: Does Baumol's cost disease loom large?," FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics, number 12-5.
  3. Serena Fatica & Thomas Hemmelgarn & Gaetan Nicodeme, 2012, "The Debt-Equity Bias: consequences and solutions," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 33, Aug.
  4. European Commission, 2012, "Taxation trends in the European Union: 2012 edition," Taxation trends, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 2012, Jun.
  5. European Commission, 2012, "Tax reforms in EU Member States - Tax policy challenges for economic growth and fiscal sustainability – 2012 Report," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 34, Oct.

2011

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2011, "Konjunktur und Wachstum
    [Business cycles fluctuations and long-term growth]    ," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104739, May.
  2. Colombier, Carsten, 2011, "How to consolidate government budgets in view of external imbalances in the Euro area? Evaluating the risk of a savings paradox," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104741.
  3. Thomas Hemmelgarn & Gaetan Nicodeme & Ernesto Zangari, 2011, "The Role of Housing Tax Provisions in the 2008 Financial Crisis," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 27, Mar.
  4. European Commission, 2011, "Taxation trends in the European Union: 2011 edition," Taxation trends, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 2011, Jun.
  5. European Commission, 2011, "Tax Reforms in EU Member States 2011: tax policy challenges for economic growth and fiscal sustainability," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 28, Oct.

2010

  1. Thomas Hemmelgarn & Gaëtan Nicodème, 2010, "The 2008 Financial Crisis and Taxation Policy," Working Papers CEB, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 10-006.RS.
  2. European Commission, 2010, "Taxation trends in the European Union: 2010 edition," Taxation trends, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 2010, Jul.
  3. European Commission, 2010, "Tax Policy after the Crisis: Monitoring Tax Revenues and Tax Reforms in EU Member States 2010 Report," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 24, Sep.
  4. European Commission, 2010, "Innovative Financing at a Global Level," Taxation Studies, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 0031, Apr.
  5. European Commission, 2010, "Financial Sector Taxation," Taxation Papers, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 25, Nov.

2009

  1. Colombier, Carsten & Weber, Werner, 2009, "Projecting health-care expenditure for Switzerland: further evidence against the 'red-herring' hypothesis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 26712, Nov, revised Jun 2010.
  2. Thomas Hemmelgarn & Gaëtan Nicodème, 2009, "Tax Co-ordination in Europe: Assessing the First Years of the EU-Savings Taxation Directive," Working Papers CEB, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 09-023.RS.
  3. European Commission, 2009, "Taxation trends in the European Union: 2009 edition," Taxation trends, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 2009, Jun.

2008

  1. European Commission, 2008, "Taxation trends in the European Union: 2008 edition," Taxation trends, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, number 2008, Apr.

2006

  1. Johannes Becker & Clemens Fuest & Thomas Hemmelgarn, 2006, "Corporate Tax Reform and Foreign Direct Investment in Germany – Evidence from Firm-Level Data," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1722.
  2. Fuest, Clemens & Hemmelgarn, Thomas & Ramb, Fred, 2006, "How would formula apportionment in the EU affect the distribution and the size of the corporate tax base? An analysis based on German multinationals," Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies, Deutsche Bundesbank, number 2006,20.

2004

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2004, "Government and growth," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104938, Sep.
  2. Carsten Colombier, 2004, "The inefficiency of firm-augmenting public input vs. The inapplicability of provision rules," Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 0410003, Oct.

2003

  1. Clemens Fuest & Thomas Hemmelgarn, 2003, "Corporate Tax Policy, Foreign Firm Ownership and Thin Capitalization," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1096.

Journal articles

2025

  1. Benjamin Lerch & Thomas Brã„Ndle & Roman Elbel & Martin Baur & Carsten Colombier, 2025, "Energy Transition And Public Finances: A Projection Framework For Switzerland," Climate Change Economics (CCE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., volume 16, issue 02, pages 1-31, May, DOI: 10.1142/S2010007825500058.

2022

  1. Thomas Brändle & Pierre-Alain Bruchez & Carsten Colombier & Martin Baur & Lukas Hohl, 2022, "Do the COVID-19 Crisis, Ageing and Climate Change Put Swiss Fiscal Sustainability at Risk?," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), volume 57, issue 1, pages 48-55, January, DOI: 10.1007/s10272-022-1027-8.

2020

  1. Carsten Colombier & Christian Breuer, 2020, "Debt and growth: historical evidence," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, volume 40, issue 3, pages 2594-2609.
  2. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2020, "Budgetary targets as cost-containment measure in the Swiss healthcare system? Lessons from abroad," Health Policy, Elsevier, volume 124, issue 6, pages 605-614, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.05.007.

2018

  1. Carsten Colombier & Thomas Braendle, 2018, "Healthcare expenditure and fiscal sustainability: evidence from Switzerland," Public Sector Economics, Institute of Public Finance, volume 42, issue 3, pages 279-301, DOI: 10.3326/pse.42.3.3.
  2. Carsten Colombier, 2018, "Population ageing in healthcare – a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 50, issue 15, pages 1746-1760, March, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1374538.

2017

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2017, "Drivers of Healthcare Expenditure: What Role does Baumol's Cost Disease Play?," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, volume 98, issue 5, pages 1603-1621, November, DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12384.

2016

  1. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2016, "What drives public health care expenditure growth? Evidence from Swiss cantons, 1970–2012," Health Policy, Elsevier, volume 120, issue 9, pages 1051-1060, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.07.009.
  2. Thomas Hemmelgarn & Gaëtan Nicodème & Bogdan Tasnadi & Pol Vermote, 2016, "Financial Transaction Taxes in the European Union," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, volume 69, issue 1, pages 217-240, March, DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2016.1.07.

2015

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2015, "Government Size And Growth: A Survey And Interpretation Of The Evidence – A Comment," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, volume 29, issue 5, pages 887-895, December.

2014

  1. Thomas Hemmelgarn & Daniel Teichmann, 2014, "Tax reforms and the capital structure of banks," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, volume 21, issue 4, pages 645-693, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-014-9321-4.

2013

  1. Serena Fatica & Thomas Hemmelgarn & Gaëtan Nicodème, 2013, "The Debt-Equity Tax Bias: Consequences and Solutions," Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, De Boeck Université, volume 0, issue 1, pages 5-18.

2011

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2011, "Does the composition of public expenditure affect economic growth? Evidence from the Swiss case," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 18, issue 16, pages 1583-1589, DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.554361.

2009

  1. C. Colombier, 2009, "Growth effects of fiscal policies: an application of robust modified M-estimator," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 41, issue 7, pages 899-912, DOI: 10.1080/00036840701736099.

2008

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2008, "Efficiency in public infrastructure provision: a theoretical note," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 35, issue 6, pages 528-543, October, DOI: 10.1108/01443580810916541.

2007

  1. Clemens Fuest & Thomas Hemmelgarn & Fred Ramb, 2007, "How would the introduction of an EU-wide formula apportionment affect the distribution and size of the corporate tax base? An analysis based on German multinationals," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, volume 14, issue 5, pages 605-626, October, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-9008-6.

2006

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2006, "Die Schweizer Schuldenbremse – nachhaltiger und konjunkturgerechter als der neue Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt?," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, volume 126, issue 4, pages 521-533.
  2. Carsten Colombier, 2006, "Testing the Growth Effects of Fiscal Policies Using Modified MLE," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 12, issue 1, pages 139-139, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11294-006-6142-y.

2005

  1. Carsten Colombier & Michael Pickhardt, 2005, "A Note on Public Input Specifications," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 11, issue 1, pages 13-18, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11294-004-7178-5.
  2. Fuest, Clemens & Hemmelgarn, Thomas, 2005, "Corporate tax policy, foreign firm ownership and thin capitalization," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, volume 35, issue 5, pages 508-526, September.
  3. Fuest, Clemens & Hemmelgarn, Thomas & Ramb, Fred, 2005, "Wirkungen einer EU-weiten Verlustverrechnung auf das Steueraufkommen," Wirtschaftsdienst – Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik (1949 - 2007), ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, volume 85, issue 6, pages 365-369, DOI: 10.1007/s10273-005-0388-5.

2003

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2003, "The inefficiency of firm-augmenting public inputVersus the inapplicability of provision rules," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 9, issue 1, pages 85-85, February, DOI: 10.1007/BF02295308.

1999

  1. Carsten Colombier & Michael Pickhardt, 1999, "Public inputs: Some clarifications and a taxonomy," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 5, issue 4, pages 513-514, November, DOI: 10.1007/BF02295552.

Books

2017

  1. Antonin Rusek & Lubor Lacina & István Benczes & Carsten Colombier & Zděněk Kudrna & Gabor Kutasi & Stanisław Kasiewicz & Lech Kurkliński & Jarosław Kundera & Rajmund Mirdala & Roman Stöllinger & Václa, 2017, "Imperative of Economic Growth in the Eurozone: Competitiveness, Capital Flows and Structural Reforms," Vernon Press Titles in Economics, Vernon Art and Science Inc, number 318, edition 1, ISBN: ARRAY(0x893e7f50), December.

2007

  1. Hemmelgarn, Thomas, 2007, "Steuerwettbewerb in Europa," Beiträge zur Finanzwissenschaft, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, number urn:isbn:9783161493584, edition 1.

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