Refereed Journals

  1. Refereed Journal // 2021

    The Elasticity of Taxable Income: A Meta-Regression Analysis

    The elasticity of taxable income is a key parameter in tax policy analysis. To examine the large variation found in the literature of taxable and broad income elasticities, I conduct a comprehensive…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Social Capital and the Spread of COVID-19: Insights from European Countries

    We investigate the effect of social capital on health outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Exploiting…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Power Sharing at the Local Level: Evidence on Opting-In for Non-Citizen Voting Rights

    The enfranchisement of foreigners is likely one of the most controversial frontiers of institutional change in developed democracies, which are experiencing an increasing number of non-citizen residents. We…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Finanzwissen und Finanzbildung in Deutschland – Was wissen wir eigentlich?

    In an international comparison, Germans have a relatively high level of financial knowledge. However, this does not imply that financial knowledge is universally distributed. The share of respondents, who are…