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Sebastian Blesse

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Working papers

  1. Janne Tukiainen & Sebastian Blesse & Albrecht Bohne & Leonardo M. Giuffrida & Jan Jääskeläinen & Ari Luukinen & Antti Sieppi, 2023. "What Are the Priorities of Bureaucrats? Evidence from Conjoint Experiments with Procurement Officials," CESifo Working Paper Series 10199, CESifo.

    Cited by:

    1. Ying, Limeng & Bao, Mengqi & Yang, Jie, 2025. "Institutional trust as a catalyst: Government procurement and private firms’ risk-taking in China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 2437-2457.
    2. Li, Jidong & Yuan, Cheng & Huang, Zhichun, 2025. "Invest to win: A study of "Local bias jumping" in China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 236(C).
    3. Rosell, Jordi, 2023. "Did governments neglect the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic? An empirical analysis of green public procurement," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 835-849.
    4. Hoekman, Bernard & Onur Taş, Bedri Kamil, 2024. "Discretion and public procurement outcomes in Europe," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).

  2. Sebastian Blesse & Philipp Lergetporer & Justus Nover & Katharina Werner, 2023. "Transparency and Policy Competition: Experimental Evidence from German Citizens and Politicians," Munich Papers in Political Economy 27, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy and the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich.

    Cited by:

    1. Sawulski, Jakub & Szewczyk, Nikodem & Kiełczewska, Aneta, 2024. "Information effects in public spending preferences: Evidence from survey experiment in Poland," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    2. Mira Fischer & Elisabeth Grewenig & Philipp Lergetporer & Katharina Werner & Helen Zeidler, 2023. "The E-Word – On the Public Acceptance of Experiments," Munich Papers in Political Economy 31, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy and the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich.

  3. Sandro Ambuehl & Sebastian Blesse & Philipp Doerrenberg & Christoph Feldhaus & Axel Ockenfels, 2023. "Politicians' Social Welfare Criteria: An Experiment with German Legislators," CESifo Working Paper Series 10329, CESifo.

    Cited by:

    1. Christian Bayer & Felix Bierbrauer & Axel Ockenfels & Matthias Sutter, 2025. "ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy: Agenda und ausgewählte Forschungsschwerpunkte," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 352, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    2. Andrej Woerner & Taisuke Imai & Davide D. Pace & Klaus M. Schmidt, 2024. "How to increase public support for carbon pricing with revenue recycling," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 7(12), pages 1633-1641, December.
    3. Arlinghaus, Johanna Brigitte & Konc, Théo & Mattauch, Linus & Sommer, Stephan, 2024. "The effect of information framing on policy support: Experimental evidence from urban policies," VfS Annual Conference 2024 (Berlin): Upcoming Labor Market Challenges 302449, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

  4. Sebastian Blesse & Florian Dorn & Max Lay, 2023. "A Targeted Golden Rule for Public Investments?," EconPol Policy Reports 42, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

    Cited by:

    1. Sebastian Blesse & Florian Dorn & Max Lay, 2023. "Do Fiscal Rules Undermine Public Investments? A Review of Empirical Evidence," ifo Working Paper Series 393, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    2. Sebastian Blesse & Florian Dorn & Max Lay, 2023. "Schwächen Fiskalregeln öffentliche Investitionen?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 76(06), pages 22-28, June.
    3. Ingrid Stegeman & Vania Putatti & Alba Godfrey & Caroline Costongs, 2024. "Strengthening the European Semester to Achieve Economies of Wellbeing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(5), pages 1-25, May.

  5. Sebastian Blesse & Florian Dorn & Max Lay, 2023. "Do Fiscal Rules Undermine Public Investments? A Review of Empirical Evidence," ifo Working Paper Series 393, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

    Cited by:

    1. Tobias Bergmann & Nikolaj Moretti, 2025. "Trading deficits for investment: Optimal deficit rules for present-biased governments," CEPA Discussion Papers 85, Center for Economic Policy Analysis.
    2. Christofzik, Désirée I. & Märtz, Oliver, 2026. "Distance matters: Geographical proximity and fiscal rules enforcement," ZEW Discussion Papers 26-008, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Martin Larch & Wouter Wielen, 2025. "Comply and invest: the effect of EU fiscal rules on public investment," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 69(4), pages 1725-1750, October.
    4. Thomas Brändle & Marc Elsener, 2024. "Do fiscal rules matter? A survey of recent evidence," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, vol. 160(1), pages 1-38, December.
    5. Sawadogo, Rayangnewendé Frans, 2024. "Do fiscal rules shape private-sector investment decisions?," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    6. Niklas Potrafke, 2023. "The Economic Consequences of Fiscal Rules," CESifo Working Paper Series 10765, CESifo.
    7. Maximilian Langer & Joshua Hassib & Lars P. Feld & Daniel Nientiedt, 2025. "Evaluating the Effects of the German Debt Brake: A Synthetic Control Approach," CESifo Working Paper Series 11933, CESifo.
    8. Philipp Weber & Laura A. Zell & Lars P. Feld & Christoph A. Schaltegger, 2024. "Functionality of Fiscal Rules in a Low Interest Rate Environment – New Empirical Results for Swiss Cantons," CESifo Working Paper Series 11351, CESifo.
    9. Sebastian Blesse & Florian Dorn & Max Lay, 2023. "Schwächen Fiskalregeln öffentliche Investitionen?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 76(06), pages 22-28, June.
    10. Jonne Lehtimäki, 2025. "The fiscal and macroeconomic effects of fiscal rules," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 146(3), pages 379-441, December.
    11. Hack Lukas & Janeba Eckhard, 2025. "Auswirkungen des Verfassungsgerichtsurteils auf die öffentlichen Investitionen," Wirtschaftsdienst, Sciendo, vol. 105(5), pages 349-353.

  6. Arntz, Melanie & Blesse, Sebastian & Doerrenberg, Philipp, 2022. "The end of work is near, isn't it? Survey evidence on automation angst," ZEW Discussion Papers 22-036, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Włoch Renata & Śledziewska Katarzyna & Rożynek Satia, 2024. "How do employees in the Polish financial sector react to automation in their workplace?," International Journal of Contemporary Management, Sciendo, vol. 60(1), pages 185-200.

  7. Blesse, Sebastian, 2021. "Are your tax problems an opportunity not to pay taxes? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-040, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Burgstaller, Lilith & Feld, Lars P. & Pfeil, Katharina, 2022. "Working in the shadow: Survey techniques for measuring and explaining undeclared work," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 661-671.

  8. Blesse, Sebastian & Bordignon, Massimo & Boyer, Pierre C. & Carapella, Piergiorgio & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Raj, Anasuya, 2021. "The future of the European fiscal union: Survey results from members of national parliaments in France, Italy and Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-055, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Beetsma, Roel & Burgoon, Brian & Nicoli, Francesco, 2023. "Is european attachment sufficiently strong to support an EU fiscal capacity: Evidence from a conjoint experiment," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).

  9. Boyer, Pierre & Blesse, Sebastian & Bordignon, Massimo & Carapella, Piergiorgio & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Raj, Anasuya, 2020. "The future of the European project: survey results from members of national parliaments in France, Italy and Germany," CEPR Discussion Papers 15021, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Tatiana Didier & Federico Huneeus & Mauricio Larrain & Sergio L. Schmukler, 2020. "Financing Firms in Hibernation during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2233R, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, revised Sep 2020.
    2. Pierre C Boyer & Elie Gerschel & Anasuya Raj, 2020. "Should European integration go further? A survey of French, German and Italian members of national parliaments," Institut des Politiques Publiques halshs-03019434, HAL.
    3. Roel Beetsma & Brian Burgoon & Francesco Nicoli & Anniek de Ruijter & Frank Vandenbroucke, 2020. "What Kind of EU Fiscal Capacity? Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment in Five European Countries in Times of Corona," CESifo Working Paper Series 8470, CESifo.
    4. Laura Arnemann & Kai A. Konrad & Niklas Potrafke, 2021. "Collective Memories on the 2010 European Debt Crisis," Working Papers tax-mpg-rps-2021-01, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance.
    5. Lindner, Vincent & Eckert, Sandra & Nölke, Andreas, 2022. "Political science research on the reasons for the (non) adoption and (non) implementation of EMU reform proposals: The state of the art," SAFE Working Paper Series 339, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.

  10. Matteo Alpino & Zareh Asatryan & Sebastian Blesse & Nils Wehrhöfer, 2020. "Austerity and Distributional Policy," CESifo Working Paper Series 8644, CESifo.

    Cited by:

    1. Pierre C. Boyer & Christoph Esslinger & Brian Roberson, 2022. "Public debt and the political economy of reforms," Working Papers 2022-17, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
    2. Zohal Hessami & Maximilian Thomas & Georg U. Thunecke, 2026. "Expenditure Cuts vs. Tax Hikes: Economic Effects of Municipal Consolidation Strategies," CESifo Working Paper Series 12679, CESifo.
    3. Roel Beetsma & Brian Burgoon & Francesco Nicoli & Anniek de Ruijter & Frank Vandenbroucke, 2020. "What Kind of EU Fiscal Capacity? Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment in Five European Countries in Times of Corona," CESifo Working Paper Series 8470, CESifo.
    4. Massimo Bordignon & Nicolò Gatti & Gilberto Turati, 2025. "Are citizens willing to reduce public debt? Beliefs, information and policy preferences," DISCE - Working Papers del Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza def144, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE).
    5. Zohal Hessami & Timo Häcker & Maximilian Thomas, 2025. "Public administrators as politicians in office," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 32(6), pages 1960-1987, December.
    6. Niklas Potrafke, 2023. "The Economic Consequences of Fiscal Rules," CESifo Working Paper Series 10765, CESifo.
    7. Passarelli, Francesca & Boto-García, David, 2025. "Gender quotas and politicians’ education," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).
    8. Shani, Ron & Reingewertz, Yaniv & Vigoda-Gadot, Eran, 2023. "Intergovernmental grants and local public finance: An empirical examination in Israel," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    9. Gianmarco Daniele & Tommaso Giommoni, 2021. "Corruption under Austerity," Working Papers CEB 21-019, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    10. Haruaki Hirota & Hideo Yunoue, 2026. "Under control versus self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy in municipalities," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 33(1), pages 234-279, February.
    11. Sebastian Blesse & Florian Dorn & Max Lay, 2023. "Do Fiscal Rules Undermine Public Investments? A Review of Empirical Evidence," ifo Working Paper Series 393, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    12. Luigi Marattin & Tommaso Nannicini & Francesco Porcelli, 2022. "Revenue vs expenditure based fiscal consolidation: the pass-through from federal cuts to local taxes," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 29(4), pages 834-872, August.
    13. Sebastian Blesse & Florian Dorn & Max Lay, 2023. "Schwächen Fiskalregeln öffentliche Investitionen?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 76(06), pages 22-28, June.
    14. Massimo Bordignon & Davide Cipullo & Gilberto Turati, 2025. "Strategic Bankruptcies. Do Smart Politicians Do It Better?," Working papers 121, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    15. Gamalerio, Matteo & Trombetta, Federico, 2021. "Fiscal Rules and the selection of politicians : theory and evidence from Italy," QAPEC Discussion Papers 10, Quantitative and Analytical Political Economy Research Centre.

  11. Blesse, Sebastian & Buhlmann, Florian & Doerrenberg, Philipp, 2019. "Do people really want a simple tax system? Evidence on preferences towards income tax simplification," ZEW Discussion Papers 19-058, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Bellani, Luna & Berriochoa, Kattalina & Kapteina, Mark & Schwerdt, Guido, 2024. "Information provision and support for inheritance taxation: Evidence from a representative survey experiment in Germany," Working Papers 22, University of Konstanz, Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality. Perceptions, Participation and Policies".
    2. Ingar K. Haaland & Christopher Roth & Johannes Wohlfart, 2020. "Designing Information Provision Experiments," CESifo Working Paper Series 8406, CESifo.
    3. Bertrand Garbinti & Jonathan Goupille-Lebret & Mathilde Muñoz & Stefanie Stantcheva & Gabriel Zucman, 2023. "Tax Design, Information, and Elasticities: Evidence From the French Wealth Tax," NBER Working Papers 31333, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Agersnap, Ole & Bjørkheim, Julie Brun, 2024. "Tax Complexity as Price Discrimination," Discussion Papers 2024/4, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science.
    5. Hoppe, Thomas & Schanz, Deborah & Sturm, Susann & Sureth, Caren & Voget, Johannes, 2020. "The relation between tax complexity and foreign direct investment: Evidence across countries," arqus Discussion Papers in Quantitative Tax Research 250, arqus - Arbeitskreis Quantitative Steuerlehre.

  12. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich, 2019. "Citizens' trade-offs in state merger decisions: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment," ZEW Discussion Papers 19-054, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Pengju Zhang, 2023. "The fiscal and economic impacts of municipal dissolution: evidence from New York," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 30(4), pages 948-1001, August.
    2. Blesse, Sebastian & Buhlmann, Florian & Doerrenberg, Philipp, 2019. "Do people really want a simple tax system? Evidence on preferences towards income tax simplification," ZEW Discussion Papers 19-058, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Blesse, Sebastian & Lergetporer, Philipp & Nover, Justus & Werner, Katharina, 2023. "Transparency and policy competition: Experimental evidence from German citizens and politicians," ZEW Discussion Papers 23-007, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    4. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich & Krieger, Tommy, 2021. "Informationsdefizite als Hindernis rationaler Wirtschaftspolitik: Ausmass, Ursachen und Gegenstrategien. Eine Studie mit Unterstützung der Brigitte Strube Stiftung," ZEW Expertises, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 241989.
    5. Blesse, Sebastian, 2021. "Are your tax problems an opportunity not to pay taxes? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-040, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

  13. Blesse, Sebastian & Bordignon, Massimo & Boyer, Pierre C. & Carapella, Piergiorgio & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Raj, Anasuya, 2019. "United we stand? Survey results on the views of French, German and Italian parliamentarians on EU and EMU reforms," ZEW policy briefs 1/2019, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Pierre C Boyer & Elie Gerschel & Anasuya Raj, 2020. "Should European integration go further? A survey of French, German and Italian members of national parliaments," Institut des Politiques Publiques halshs-03019434, HAL.
    2. Alpino, Matteo & Asatryan, Zareh & Blesse, Sebastian & Wehrhöfer, Nils, 2020. "Austerity and distributional policy," ZEW Discussion Papers 20-028, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Blesse, Sebastian & Bordignon, Massimo & Boyer, Pierre C. & Carapella, Piergiorgio & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Raj, Anasuya, 2021. "The future of the European fiscal union: Survey results from members of national parliaments in France, Italy and Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-055, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

  14. Blesse, Sebastian & Boyer, Pierre C. & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Raj, Anasuya, 2019. "European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians," ZEW Discussion Papers 17-059, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, revised 2019.

    Cited by:

    1. Blesse, Sebastian & Bordignon, Massimo & Boyer, Pierre C. & Carapella, Piergiorgio & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Raj, Anasuya, 2019. "United we stand? Survey results on the views of French, German and Italian parliamentarians on EU and EMU reforms," ZEW policy briefs 1/2019, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    2. Lindner, Vincent & Eckert, Sandra & Nölke, Andreas, 2022. "Political science research on the reasons for the (non) adoption and (non) implementation of EMU reform proposals: The state of the art," SAFE Working Paper Series 339, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.
    3. Anna-Lena Högenauer, 2021. "Scrutiny or Complacency? Banking Union in the Bundestag and the Assemblée Nationale," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 219-229.
    4. Anna-Lena Högenauer, 2021. "Scrutiny or Complacency? Banking Union in the Bundestag and the Assemblée Nationale," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 219-229.

  15. Baskaran, Thushyanthan & Blesse, Sebastian, 2019. "Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa," ZEW Discussion Papers 18-027, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, revised 2019.

    Cited by:

    1. Lima Ricardo Carvalho de Andrade, 2021. "The Economic Impact of State Splitting in Brazil," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 21(1), pages 417-432, January.

  16. Sebastian Blesse & Annika Havlik & Friedrich Heinemann, 2019. "Euro Area Reform Preferences of Central and Eastern European Economic Experts," EconPol Working Paper 37, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

    Cited by:

    1. Benoit Dicharry & Lubica Stiblarova, 2023. "Positive externalities of the EU cohesion policy: Toward more synchronised CEE countries?," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 485-508, July.

  17. Blesse, Sebastian & Doerrenberg, Philipp & Rauch, Anna, 2018. "Higher taxes on less elastic goods? Evidence from German municipalities," ZEW Discussion Papers 18-039, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Zohal Hessami & Maximilian Thomas & Georg U. Thunecke, 2026. "Expenditure Cuts vs. Tax Hikes: Economic Effects of Municipal Consolidation Strategies," CESifo Working Paper Series 12679, CESifo.
    2. Melinda Fremerey & Andreas Lichter & Max Löffler, 2022. "Fiscal and Economic Effects of Local Austerity," CESifo Working Paper Series 9800, CESifo.
    3. Langenmayr, Dominika & Simmler, Martin, 2024. "JUE insight: Expectations about future tax rates and firm entry," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    4. Riedel Nadine & Simmler Martin, 2024. "Fiskalföderalismus in Deutschland – Was zu tun ist," Wirtschaftsdienst, Sciendo, vol. 104(11), pages 747-753.
    5. Andreas Lichter & Max Löffler & Ingo E. Isphording & Thu-Van Nguyen & Felix Poege & Sebastian Siegloch, 2022. "Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 202, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    6. David Gstrein & Florian Neumeier & Andreas Peichl & Pascal Zamorski, 2025. "Capitalists, Workers and Landlords: A Comprehensive Analysis of Corporate Tax Incidence," CESifo Working Paper Series 12062, CESifo.
    7. Lichter Andreas & Löffler Max & Siegloch Sebastian, 2024. "Der Einfluss lokaler Steuerpolitik auf betriebliche F&E-Aktivitäten," Wirtschaftsdienst, Sciendo, vol. 104(11), pages 758-762.
    8. Holm-Hadulla, Fédéric, 2020. "Fiscal equalization and the tax structure," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).

  18. Blesse, Sebastian & Roesel, Felix, 2018. "Merging county administrations: Cross-national evidence of fiscal and political effects," ZEW Discussion Papers 18-031, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Sebastian Blesse & Felix Rösel, 2018. "Kreise gewachsen – Bilanz durchwachsen: Zehn Jahre Kreisgebietsreform in Sachsen undSachsen-Anhalt," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 25(04), pages 34-36, August.
    2. Mona Förtsch & Felix Rösel, 2020. "Gebietsreformen reduzieren das Heimatgefühl," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 27(01), pages 03-05, February.
    3. Anna Kremer, 2025. "Historische Zusammengehörigkeit und regionale Identität," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 32(01), pages 08-11, February.

  19. Blesse, Sebastian & Rösel, Felix, 2017. "Was bringen kommunale Gebietsreformen? Kausale Evidenz zu Hoffnungen, Risiken und alternativen Instrumenten," ZEW Discussion Papers 17-049, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Felix Rösel, 2019. "Anker der Demokratie geschwächt: Sachsen hat seit 1990 drei von vier Kommunalpolitikern verloren," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 27(02), pages 21-22, April.
    2. Blesse, Sebastian & Roesel, Felix, 2018. "Merging county administrations: Cross-national evidence of fiscal and political effects," ZEW Discussion Papers 18-031, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Xenia Frei & Joachim Ragnitz & Felix Rösel, 2018. "Kosten kommunaler Leistungserstellung unter dem Einfluss von demografischem Wandel und Urbanisierung," ifo Dresden Studien, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 80, February.
    4. Strebel, Michael A., 2025. "Are municipal mergers an antidote to recruitment problems for local political office?," SocArXiv cyrtm_v1, Center for Open Science.
    5. Felix Rösel & Lasare Samartzidis, 2018. "Wert- statt Geldmangel: AfD triumphiert im Osten dort, wo es an Toleranz und Vertrauen in die Politik fehlt," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 25(03), pages 09-13, June.
    6. Jonathan Old & Felix Rösel, 2018. "Sparprojekt oder Milchmädchenrechnung? Die finanziellen Effekte eines Bundeslandes„Mitteldeutschland“," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 25(02), pages 12-17, April.

  20. Sebastian Blesse & Felix Rösel, 2017. "Gebietsreformen: Hoffnungen, Risiken und Alternativen," ifo Working Paper Series 234, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

    Cited by:

    1. Blesse, Sebastian & Rösel, Felix, 2017. "Was bringen kommunale Gebietsreformen? Kausale Evidenz zu Hoffnungen, Risiken und alternativen Instrumenten," ZEW Discussion Papers 17-049, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    2. Blesse, Sebastian & Roesel, Felix, 2018. "Merging county administrations: Cross-national evidence of fiscal and political effects," ZEW Discussion Papers 18-031, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Roesel, Felix, 2017. "Do mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures? - Evidence from Germany using the synthetic control method," CEPIE Working Papers 16/17, Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE).

  21. Blesse, Sebastian & Boyer, Pierre C. & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard, 2016. "Searching for a Franco-German consensus on the future of Europe: Survey results for Bundestag, Assemblée Nationale and Sénat," ZEW policy briefs 5/2016, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Mathias Dolls, 2019. "An Unemployment Re-Insurance Scheme for the Eurozone? Stabilizing and Redistributive Effects," EconPol Policy Reports 10, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    2. Sarah Ciaglia & Clemens Fuest & Friedrich Heinemann, 2018. "What a feeling?! How to promote ‘European Identity’," EconPol Policy Reports 9, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

  22. Blesse, Sebastian & Martin, Thorsten, 2016. "Let's stay in touch - Evidence on the role of social learning in local tax interactions," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145614, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

    Cited by:

    1. David Mitchell & Whitney Davis & Rebecca Hendrick, 2021. "Learning from the Joneses: The professional learning effect of regional councils of government on municipal fiscal slack in suburban Chicago," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(2), pages 3-21, June.
    2. Bischoff, Ivo & Das, Sourav & Kosfeld, Reinhold, 2025. "Does inter-municipal cooperation reduce the intensity of tax competition? Evidence on inter-local industrial parks in Germany," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    3. Ivo Bischoff & Simon Melch & Eva Wolfschuetz, 2019. "Does tax competition drive cooperation in local economic development policies? Evidence on inter-local business parks in Germany," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201906, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).

  23. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard, 2016. "Einhaltung der Schuldenbremse und Bewertung von Länderfusionen: Ergebnisse einer Umfrage in allen 16 Landesparlamenten," ZEW policy briefs 6/2016, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Janeba, Eckhard & Steinbach, Armin, 2019. "Compliance effects of sovereign debt cuts," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
    2. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich, 2020. "Citizens’ trade-offs in state merger decisions: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 438-471.
    3. König, Jörg, 2016. "Bares bleibt Wahres: Bargeld als Garant für Freiheit und Eigentum," Argumente zur Marktwirtschaft und Politik 136, Stiftung Marktwirtschaft / The Market Economy Foundation, Berlin.
    4. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Nover, Justus, 2021. "Landtagspolitiker stehen zur Schuldenbremse bei wachsender Unterstützung für Investitionsklausel: Ergebnisse einer Umfrage zur grundgesetzlichen Schuldenbremse und möglichen Reformansätzen," ZEW Expert Briefs 21-01, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

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    50. Blesse, Sebastian & Diegmann, André, 2022. "The place-based effects of police stations on crime: Evidence from station closures," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    51. Giulia Canzian & Antonella Rita Ferrara, 2021. "Judicial Efficiency and Banks Credit Risk Exposure," CESifo Working Paper Series 8930, CESifo.
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    53. Li, Jinsong & Takeuchi, Kenji, 2023. "Do municipal mergers reduce the cost of waste management? Evidence from Japan," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    54. Jaaidane, Touria & Larribeau, Sophie, 2023. "The effects of inter-municipal cooperation and central grant allocation on the size of the French local public sector," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
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    56. Gerard Turley & John McDonagh & Stephen McNena & Arkadiusz Grzedzinski, 2018. "Optimum Territorial Reforms in Local Government: An Empirical Analysis of Scale Economies in Ireland," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 49(4), pages 463-488.
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    59. Gissur Ó Erlingsson & Jonas Klarin & Eva Maria Mörk, 2021. "Does Size Matter? Evidence from Municipality Break-Ups," CESifo Working Paper Series 9042, CESifo.
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    2. Agrawal, David R., 2016. "Local fiscal competition: An application to sales taxation with multiple federations," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 122-138.
    3. Allers, Maarten & Geertsema, Bieuwe, 2014. "The effects of local government amalgamation on public spending and service levels," Research Report 14019-EEF, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management).
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    5. Elisa Facchetti, 2025. "Police infrastructure, police performance, and crime: evidence from austerity cuts," IFS Working Papers W24/16, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
    6. Lijian Sun & Yanwen Wang & Yuncheng Jiang & Guozhuang Zhang & Jinxiang Wang & Xiaohui Li & Qingsheng Guo & Jiping Liu, 2025. "Daytime and Nighttime Modulated the Activity of Potential Environmental Factors on Theft," Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 429-458, September.
    7. Daniel L. Chen & Lubomir Cingl & Arnaud Philippe & Michal Soltes, 2024. "Exploring Inmates’ Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behavior: Implications for Theories of Crime," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp779, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
    8. Jesse Matheson & Brendon McConnell & James Rockey & Argyris Sakalis, 2023. "Do Remote Workers Deter Neighborhood Crime? Evidence from the Rise of Working from Home," Discussion Papers 23-07, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham.
    9. Karamik, Yasemin & von Graevenitz, Kathrine, 2022. "Gone with the wind: The effect of air pollution on crime - Evidence from Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 22-013, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    10. Antón-González, Laura & Pellicer-Chenoll, Maite & García-Massó, Xavier & Devís-Devís, José & González, Luis-Millán, 2026. "Street harassment during active transport: A geolocation perspective," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    11. Maennig, Wolfgang & Wilhelm, Stefan, 2023. "News and noise in crime politics: The role of announcements and risk attitudes," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).

  6. Sebastian Blesse & Massimo Bordignon & Pierre C Boyer & Piergiorgio Carapella & Friedrich Heinemann & Eckhard Janeba & Anasuya Raj, 2022. "European fiscal reform preferences of parliamentarians in France, Germany and Italy," European Union Politics, , vol. 23(3), pages 529-540, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Catola, Marco & Guarnieri, Pietro & Pizziol, Veronica & Rapallini, Chiara, 2024. "Measuring the attitude towards a European public budget: A cross-country experiment," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 963-979.

  7. Alpino, Matteo & Asatryan, Zareh & Blesse, Sebastian & Wehrhöfer, Nils, 2022. "Austerity and distributional policy," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 112-127.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  8. Sebastian Blesse & Friedrich Heinemann & Tommy Krieger, 2021. "Ökonomische Desinformation — Ursachen und Handlungsempfehlungen [Economic Disinformation — Causes and Recommendations for Action]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 101(12), pages 943-948, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Blesse, Sebastian & Nover, Justus, 2022. "Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute!: Wie die Deutschen ihren Blick auf öffentliche Haushaltsdisziplin ändern," ZEW Expert Briefs 22-01, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

  9. Blesse Sebastian & Heinemann Friedrich & Janeba Eckhard & Nover Justus, 2021. "Die Zukunft der Schuldenbremse nach der Pandemie: Einsichten aus einer Befragung aller 16 Landesparlamente," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 70(1), pages 81-97, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Blesse, Sebastian & Nover, Justus, 2022. "Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute!: Wie die Deutschen ihren Blick auf öffentliche Haushaltsdisziplin ändern," ZEW Expert Briefs 22-01, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    2. Markus Eller & Branimir Jovanovic & Thomas Scheiber, 2021. "What do people in CESEE think about public debt?," Focus on European Economic Integration, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue Q3/21, pages 35-58.
    3. Hack Lukas & Janeba Eckhard, 2025. "Auswirkungen des Verfassungsgerichtsurteils auf die öffentlichen Investitionen," Wirtschaftsdienst, Sciendo, vol. 105(5), pages 349-353.

  10. Sebastian Blesse & Annika Havlik & Friedrich Heinemann, 2021. "Euro area reform preferences of Central and Eastern European economic experts," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 48(1), pages 155-179, February.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  11. Sebastian Blesse & Philipp Kerler & Felix Rösel, 2020. "Stabile Demokratie in Krisenzeiten: Lokale Coronafälle haben bei der bayerischen Kommunalwahl die Wähler nicht abgeschreckt," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 27(03), pages 07-10, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Marco Frank & David Stadelmann & Benno Torgler, 2023. "Higher turnout increases incumbency advantages: Evidence from mayoral elections," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(2), pages 529-555, July.
    2. Marco Frank & David Stadelmann & Benno Torgler, 2020. "Electoral Turnout During States of Emergency and Effects on Incumbent Vote Share," CREMA Working Paper Series 2020-10, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
    3. Thushyanthan Baskaran & Zohal Hessami & Temurbek Khasanboev, 2023. "Political selection when uncertainty is high," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 76(2), pages 161-178, May.

  12. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich, 2020. "Citizens’ trade-offs in state merger decisions: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 438-471.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  13. Sebastian Blesse & Felix Roesel, 2019. "Merging county administrations – cross-national evidence of fiscal and political effects," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(5), pages 611-631, September.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  14. Sebastian Blesse & Pierre C Boyer & Friedrich Heinemann & Eckhard Janeba & Anasuya Raj, 2019. "European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians," European Union Politics, , vol. 20(3), pages 406-424, September.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  15. Blesse, Sebastian & Doerrenberg, Philipp & Rauch, Anna, 2019. "Higher taxes on less elastic goods? Evidence from German municipalities," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 165-186.
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  16. Blesse Sebastian & Rösel Felix, 2017. "Was bringen kommunale Gebietsreformen?: Kausale Evidenz zu Hoffnungen, Risiken und alternativen Instrumenten," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 18(4), pages 307-324, November.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  17. Blesse Sebastian & Berger Melissa & Heinemann Friedrich & Janeba Eckhard, 2017. "Föderalismuspräferenzen in der deutschen Bevölkerung," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 18(2), pages 145-158, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich, 2020. "Citizens’ trade-offs in state merger decisions: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 438-471.

  18. Sebastian Blesse & Pierre C. Boyer & Friedrich Heinemann & Eckhard Janeba & Anasuya Raj, 2017. "Intégration européenne et politiques du marché du travail : quel consensus entre parlementaires français et allemands ?," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 127(5), pages 737-759.

    Cited by:

    1. Blesse, Sebastian & Bordignon, Massimo & Boyer, Pierre C. & Carapella, Piergiorgio & Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard & Raj, Anasuya, 2019. "United we stand? Survey results on the views of French, German and Italian parliamentarians on EU and EMU reforms," ZEW policy briefs 1/2019, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

  19. Baskaran, Thushyanthan & Brender, Adi & Blesse, Sebastian & Reingewertz, Yaniv, 2016. "Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 1-16.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  20. Blesse, Sebastian & Baskaran, Thushyanthan, 2016. "Do municipal mergers reduce costs? Evidence from a German federal state," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 54-74.
    See citations under working paper version above.

Books

  1. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich & Nover, Justus, 2022. "Bundesländerindex Familienunternehmen: Standortfaktoren innerhalb Deutschlands im Vergleich," Studien, Stiftung Familienunternehmen / Foundation for Family Businesses, number 264906.

    Cited by:

    1. Asatryan, Zareh & Heinemann, Friedrich & Nover, Justus, 2022. "The other government: State-owned enterprises in Germany and their implications for the core public sector," ZEW Expert Briefs 22-08, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

  2. Blesse, Sebastian & Heinemann, Friedrich & Krieger, Tommy, 2021. "Informationsdefizite als Hindernis rationaler Wirtschaftspolitik: Ausmass, Ursachen und Gegenstrategien. Eine Studie mit Unterstützung der Brigitte Strube Stiftung," ZEW Expertises, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 241989.

    Cited by:

    1. Diermeier, Matthias & Niehues, Judith, 2021. "Demokratische Resilienz in Deutschland? Parlamentarische Verfahrensakzeptanz im Licht individueller Problemwahrnehmung [Democratic resilience in Germany? Acceptance of parliamentary procedures in the light of individual problem perception]," IW-Trends – Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) / German Economic Institute, vol. 48(3), pages 89-112.
    2. Sebastian Blesse & Friedrich Heinemann & Tommy Krieger, 2021. "Ökonomische Desinformation — Ursachen und Handlungsempfehlungen [Economic Disinformation — Causes and Recommendations for Action]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 101(12), pages 943-948, December.

  3. Blesse, Sebastian & Havlik, Annika & Heinemann, Friedrich, 2019. "Searching for a Euro reform consensus: The perspective from Central and Eastern Europe," ZEW Expertises, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 201191.

    Cited by:

    1. Płóciennik Sebastian, 2021. "Germany’s attitude towards the enlargement of the eurozone," Economics and Business Review, Sciendo, vol. 7(1), pages 47-67, March.

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