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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. Hoekman, Bernard & Onur Taş, Bedri Kamil, 2024. "Discretion and public procurement outcomes in Europe," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    2. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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. Fischer, Mira & Grewenig, Elisabeth & Lergetporer, Philipp & Werner, Katharina & Zeidler, Helen, 2024. "The E-word – On the public acceptance of experiments," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
    2. 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).

  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. "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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.

  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. 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.
    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. 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.
    4. Potrafke, Niklas, 2025. "The economic consequences of fiscal rules," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
    5. 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.
    6. Hack Lukas & Janeba Eckhard, 2025. "Auswirkungen des Verfassungsgerichtsurteils auf die öffentlichen Investitionen," Wirtschaftsdienst, Sciendo, vol. 105(5), pages 349-353.
    7. Sawadogo, Rayangnewendé Frans, 2024. "Do fiscal rules shape private-sector investment decisions?," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).

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

    Cited by:

    1. Massimo Bordignon & Nicolò Gatti & Gilberto Turati, 2025. "Are Citizens Willing to Reduce Public Debt? Beliefs, Information and Policy Preferences," CESifo Working Paper Series 12013, CESifo.
    2. Pierre C. Boyer & Christoph Esslinger & Brian Roberson, 2021. "Public Debt and the Political Economy of Reforms," CESifo Working Paper Series 8962, CESifo.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. Gianmarco Daniele & Tommaso Giommoni, 2019. "Corruption under Austerity," BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers 19131, BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy.
    6. Matteo Gamalerio & Federico Trombetta, 2025. "Fiscal Rules and the Selection of Politicians: Theory and Evidence from Italy," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 17(3), pages 131-164, August.
    7. Potrafke, Niklas, 2025. "The economic consequences of fiscal rules," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 153(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. 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.
    10. 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).
    11. Zohal Hessami & Timo Häcker & Maximilian Thomas, 2025. "Public Administrators as Politicians in Office," CESifo Working Paper Series 11626, CESifo.
    12. Massimo Bordignon & Davide Cipullo & Gilberto Turati, 2025. "Strategic Bankruptcies. Do Smart Politicians Do It Better?," CESifo Working Paper Series 11930, CESifo.
    13. 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.

  10. 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, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Laura Arnemann & Kai A Konrad & Niklas Potrafke, 2021. "Collective memories on the 2010 European debt crisis," European Union Politics, , vol. 22(4), pages 762-784, December.
    2. Tatiana Didier & Federico Huneeus & Mauricio Larrain & Sergio L. Schmukler, 2020. "Financing Firms in Hibernation during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Mo.Fi.R. Working Papers 162, Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - Univ. Politecnica Marche - Dept. Economic and Social Sciences.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    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.

  11. 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. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.

  12. 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. Ingar Haaland & Christopher Roth & Johannes Wohlfart, 2020. "Designing Information Provision Experiments," CEBI working paper series 20-20, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI).
    2. Bertrand Garbinti & Jonathan Goupille-Lebret & Mathilde Munoz & Stefanie Stantcheva & Gabriel Zucman, 2024. "Tax Design, Information, and Elasticities: Evidence From the French Wealth Tax," Working Papers halshs-04753434, HAL.
    3. 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.
    4. 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".
    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.

  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. 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.
    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. 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.

  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. Andreas Lichter & Max Löffler & Ingo E. Isphording & Thu-Van Nguyen & Felix Poege & Sebastian Siegloch, 2025. "Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 17(1), pages 432-463, February.
    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. Holm-Hadulla, Fédéric, 2018. "Fiscal equalization and the tax structure," Working Paper Series 2203, European Central Bank.

  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. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.

  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. Blesse, Sebastian & Roesel, Felix, 2019. "Merging county administrations – cross-national evidence of fiscal and political effects," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 45(5), pages 611-631.
    2. 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.
    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. 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.
    5. 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. 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).
    2. 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.

  21. 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. 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).
    2. 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).
    3. 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.

  22. 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 & 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.
    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, 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.

  23. 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, 2020. "An Unemployment Re-Insurance Scheme for the Eurozone? Stabilizing and Redistributive Effects," CESifo Working Paper Series 8219, CESifo.
    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.

  24. Baskaran, Thushyanthan & Blesse, Sebastian & Brender, Adi & Reingewertz, Yaniv, 2015. "Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel," University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics 249, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Manjhi, Ganesh & Keswani Mehra, Meeta, 2016. "Center-State Political Transfer Cycles in India," MPRA Paper 70784, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Ferraresi, Massimiliano & Rizzo, Leonzio & Secomandi, Riccardo, 2024. "Electoral incentives to target investment in roads: Evidence from Italian municipalities," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    3. Patrizia Ordine & Giuseppe Rose & Pasquale Giacobbe, 2023. "The effect of female representation on political budget cycle and public expenditure: Evidence from Italian municipalities," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(1), pages 97-145, March.
    4. Ben-Bassat, Avi & Dahan, Momi & Klor, Esteban F., 2016. "Is centralization a solution to the soft budget constraint problem?," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 57-75.
    5. Aaskoven, Lasse, 2018. "Polity age and political budget cycles: Evidence from a Danish municipal reform," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 75-84.
    6. Junxue Jia & Yongzheng Liu & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Kewei Zhang, 2017. "Vertical Fiscal Imbalance and Local Fiscal Discipline: Empirical Evidence from China," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1717, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    7. Massimiliano Ferraresi & Leonzio Rizzo & Riccardo Secomandi, 2021. "Electoral incentives, investment in roads, and safety on local roads," Working papers 107, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    8. Sidorkin, Oleg & Vorobyev, Dmitriy, 2018. "Political cycles and corruption in Russian regions," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 55-74.
    9. Manuel E. Lago & Santiago Lago-Peñas & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2024. "On the effects of intergovernmental grants: a survey," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 31(3), pages 856-908, June.
    10. Lehrer, Nimrod David, 2018. "The value of political connections in a multiparty parliamentary democracy: Evidence from the 2015 elections in Israel," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 13-58.
    11. Rabia Nazir & Muhammad Nasir & Idrees Khawaja, 2022. "Political Budget Cycle: A Sub-National Evidence from Pakistan," Journal of Business Cycle Research, Springer;Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET), vol. 18(3), pages 343-367, November.
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    52. Lothar Grall, 2016. "Geography, Parental Investment, and Comparative Economic Development," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201646, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
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    1. Benedikt Fritz & Lars P. Feld, 2020. "Common pool effects and local public debt in amalgamated municipalities," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 183(1), pages 69-99, April.
    2. Benjamin Bruns & Ronny Freier & Abel Schumann, "undated". "Finding your right (or left) partner to merge," BDPEMS Working Papers 2015009, Berlin School of Economics.
    3. 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.
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    6. Ronny Freier & Benjamin Bruns & Abel Schumann, 2015. "Finding your right (or left) partner to merge," ERSA conference papers ersa15p188, European Regional Science Association.
    7. Alexander Eck & Carolin Fritzsche & Jan Kluge & Joachim Ragnitz & Felix Rösel, 2015. "Fiscal Capacity and Determining Structural Characteristics of the Eastern German Laender," ifo Dresden Studien, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 76, February.
    8. Felix Rösel, 2016. "Die politischen Kosten von Gebietsreformen," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 23(01), pages 21-25, February.
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  1. Tukiainen, Janne & Blesse, Sebastian & Bohne, Albrecht & Giuffrida, Leonardo M. & Jääskeläinen, Jan & Luukinen, Ari & Sieppi, Antti, 2024. "What are the priorities of bureaucrats? Evidence from conjoint experiments with procurement officials," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Blesse, Sebastian, 2023. "Do your tax problems make tax evasion seem more justifiable? Evidence from a survey experiment," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).

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    1. Beata Holkova & Eva Malichova & Lukas Falat & Lucia Pancikova, 2023. "Determinants of Tax Ethics in Society: Statistical and Logistic Regression Approach," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-21, May.
    2. Martinangeli, Andrea F.M. & Windsteiger, Lisa, 2024. "Inequality shapes the propagation of unethical behaviours: Cheating responses to tax evasion along the income distribution," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 220(C), pages 135-181.

  3. 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).

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    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. Maennig, Wolfgang & Wilhelm, Stefan, 2023. "News and noise in crime politics: The role of announcements and risk attitudes," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    5. Hülz, Martina & Krätzig, Sebastian & Siegloch, Sebastian & Streng, Martin, 2024. "Multi-dimensionale regionale Ungleichheit in Deutschland: Eine Analyse aus ökonomischer und raumwissenschaftlicher Perspektive," ZEW Discussion Papers 24-015, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    6. Elisa Facchetti, 2025. "Police infrastructure, police performance, and crime: evidence from austerity cuts," IFS Working Papers W24/16, Institute for Fiscal Studies.

  4. 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.
  5. 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.

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    1. Marco Catola & Pietro Guarnieri & Veronica Pizziol & Chiara Rapallini, 2023. "Measuring the attitude towards a European public budget: A cross-country experiment," Discussion Papers 2023/300, Dipartimento di Economia e Management (DEM), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

  6. 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.

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    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. Hack Lukas & Janeba Eckhard, 2025. "Auswirkungen des Verfassungsgerichtsurteils auf die öffentlichen Investitionen," Wirtschaftsdienst, Sciendo, vol. 105(5), pages 349-353.
    3. 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.

  7. 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.
  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.

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    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. 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.

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    1. Thushyanthan Baskaran & Zohal Hessami & Temurbek Khasanboev, 2023. "Political selection when uncertainty is high," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 76(2), pages 161-178, May.
    2. 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.
    3. Frank, Marco & Stadelmann, David & Torgler, Benno, 2021. "Electoral Turnout During States of Emergency and Effects on Incumbent Vote Shares," VfS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference): Climate Economics 242332, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.
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  18. 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.
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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 t," 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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