The political economy of taxation and urban governance
There is a need to understand better enablers of common-good oriented policies. This cluster focuses on two of them: the capacity of societies to engage in collective action and their ability to mobilize resources for that purpose. How does international cooperation shape urban governance as the primary location of state-society interactions as well as taxation as a main element of the fiscal contract?
Publications
Translating Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) interdependencies into policy advice
Breuer, Anita / Hannah Janetschek / Daniele Malerba (2019)
Sustainability 11 (7)
Tax expenditure and the treatment of tax incentives for investment
Redonda, Agustin / Santiago Diaz de Sarralde / Mark Hallerberg / Lise Johnson / Ariel Melamud / Ricardo Rozemberg / Jakob Schwab / Christian von Haldenwang (2019)
Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (12), 1-11
The potential of ICT-supported participatory communication interventions to challenge local power dynamics: Lessons from the case of Togo
Breuer, Anita / Laura Blomenkemper / Stefan Kliesch / Franziska Salzer / Manuel Schädler / Valentin Schweinfurth / Stephan Virchow (2018)
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 84 (3)
Regional Migration Governance in Africa and Beyond: A Framework of Analysis
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2018)
DIE Discussion Paper
The relevance of legitimation: a new framework for analysis
von Haldenwang, Christian (2018)
Contemporary Politics 23 (3), 269-386
Does the political resource curse affect public finance? The vulnerability of tax revenue in resource-dependent countries
von Haldenwang, Christian / Maksym Ivanyna (2018)
Journal of International Development 30 (2), 323-344
Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income taxation in developing countries
von Schiller, Armin (2018)
Journal of International Development 30 (2), 274-301
Taxing higher incomes: what makes the high-income earners consent to more progressive taxation in Latin America?
Berens, Sarah / Armin von Schiller (2017)
Political Behavior 39 (3), 703-772
Can gender-targeted employment interventions help enhance community participation? Evidence from urban Togo
Breuer, Anita / Edward Asiedu (2017)
World Development 96, 390-407
Urban governance of forced displacement: premises, requirements and challenges in the light of new humanitarian trends
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2017)
RaumPlanung 5, 22-29
Governing the interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals: approaches to attain policy integration
Tosun, Jale / Julia Leininger (2017)
Global Challenges
Do democracies tax more? Political regime type and taxation
Garcia, Maria Melody / Christian von Haldenwang (2016)
Journal of International Development 28 (4), 485–506
The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries
Roll, Michael (ed.) (2014)
Abingdon / New York: Routledge
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Taxing higher incomes: what makes the high-income earners consent to more progressive taxation in Latin America?
von Berens, Sarah / Armin von Schiller (2017)
Political Behavior 39 (3), 703-772
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The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries
Roll, Michael (ed.) (2014)
Abingdon / New York: Routledge
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Regional Migration Governance in Africa and Beyond: A Framework of Analysis
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2018)
DIE Discussion Paper
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Political Resource Curse: What Does Natural Resource Dependence Do to Public Revenue?
von Haldenwang, Christian / Maksym Ivanyna (2018)
Austaxpolicy blog
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Can gender-targeted employment interventions help enhance community participation? Evidence from urban Togo
Breuer, Edward Asiedu (2017)
World Development 96, 390-407