Publications:
Publications in academic journals (peer reviewed)
2. Independent and Competing Agencies: An Effective Way to Control Government. Public Choice 130: 79-98, 2007 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
Working paper title:
Controlling Government by Democratically-Elected, Competing Political Bodies. SSRN Working Paper Nbr. 605322, 2005
1. Starke Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen: Wichtiger als direkte Demokratie und Föderalismus? Ein erster Blick auf die Daten. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 139 (3), 2003, p. 351-373. (with Reiner Eichenberger)
Publications in edited books
5a. Leistungsfähiger Staat dank Markt für Staat. In: Brühlmeier, Daniel and Dieter Kläy (Eds.): Staatliche Leistungsfähigkeit in globalisierter Gesellschaft. Editions Libertas Suisse, Biel , 2007, 89-121 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
5b. Un Etat productif grâce à un marché pour l'Etat . In: Brühlmeier, Daniel and Dieter Kläy (Eds.): Les prestations de l'Etat dans la société mondialisée. Editions Libertas Suisse, Bienne, 2007, 233-262 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
4. Was macht direkte Demokratie noch besser? Unabhängige Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen. In: Wagschal, Uwe und Markus Freitag (Eds.): Direkte Demokratie - Bestandsaufnahmen und Wirkungen im internationalen Vergleich. Lit, Münster, 2007, p. 385-417 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
3. Making Audit Courts Effective: Theory and Empirical Evidence. In: Backhaus, Jürgen G. (Ed.): Fiscal Sociology: Public Auditing. Peter Lange Publishers, Frankfurt am Main, 2007, 37-55 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
2. Zwischen Markt und Staat: Der Markt für Staat. In: Schmidt-Trenz, Hans-Jörg und Rolf Stober (Eds.): Dritter Sektor im 21. Jahrhundert: Auslauf- oder Zukunftsmodell? Jahrbuch für Recht und Ökonomik des Dritten Sektors 2005/2006 (RÖDS). Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2006, p. 215-230 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
1. Unabhängige Finanzprüfung - Ein Wundermittel gegen hohe Steuern. In: Brink, Stefan and Heinrich Wolf (Eds.): Gemeinwohl und Verantwortung. Festschrift für Hans Herbert von Arnim, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2004, p. 237-252 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
Working Papers
6. "Good Governance: Do we Need "Company Politics" or a Global Market for Politicians?" (with Reiner Eichenberger and Michael Funk, University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
5. Auditors and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Public Sector. Working Paper, Center for Public Finance, University of Fribourg and SSRN Working Paper Nbr. 959392, 2007
4. Public Auditors: Empirical Evidence from the US States. Working Paper, Center for Public Finance, University of Fribourg, and SSRN Working Paper Nbr. 957528, 2007
3. Rethinking Public Auditing Institutions: Empirical Evidence from Swiss Municipalities. Working Paper, Center for Public Finance, University of Fribourg, and SSRN Working Paper Nbr. 1028927, 2007 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
2. Fiscal Decentralization: Efficiency vs. Redistribution? An Institutional Feature to Resolve the Trade-off. Working Paper, Center for Public Finance, University of Fribourg, and SSRN Working Paper Nbr. 702602, 2005
1. Öffentliche Finanzen und Rechnungsprüfungsorgane: Eine empirische Studie. Master Thesis, Center for Public Finance, University of Fribourg, 2002
Publications in non-academic journals and newspapers
8. Bessere Politik durch starke Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen. Mit einer unabhängigen «Bürgerberatung in Finanzfragen» zu einer effizienteren Verwendung der Staatsfinanzen. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 1,2008 (Nr. 151): p. 27 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
7. Bern-Bundeshaus: Wege aus dem Chaos. Weltwoche, 18th March 2004 (Nbr. 12.04): p. 20 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
6. Kostenwahrheit: Freie Fahrt, weniger Steuern. Weltwoche, 12th February 2004 (Nbr. 7.04): p. 14 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
5. Stärkeres Verursacherprinzip gegen Fluglärm: Kostenwahrheit und Kompensationen als Lösungsansätze. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 28th January 2003 (Nbr. 22): p. 15 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
4. Tiefere Prämien für Alte. Der Bund, 7th December 2002, p. 2 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
3. Dank Rabatt zu tieferen Kosten. Cash, 6th December 2002 (Nr. 49): p. 35 (with Reiner Eichenberger)
2. Die « Freiwillige Miliz »: Ein Vorschlag für die nächste Armeereform. Schweizer Monatshefte, 82. Jahr, Heft 2, 2002 (with Reiner Eichenberger and Gerald Hosp)
1. Die Freiwillige Miliz - Die ideale Armee fürs 21. Jahrhundert. Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitung (ASMZ), Nr. 12, 2001 (with Reiner Eichenberger and Gerald Hosp)
Work in Progress
Divided Government: It's not coincidence! How voters split their tickets.
Oil, Drugs and Foreign Aid: Strategic Donors Behaviour? (with Roland Hodler, University of Melbourne, Australia)
Oil Discoveries, Ethnic Divisions and Civil Wars. (with Roland Hodler, University of Melbourne)
Federalism and the Comparison and Promotion of Politicians: A New Perspective. (with Michael Funk, University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Auditors and Bureaucratic Rents: Evidence from the US. (with Simon Luechinger, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
The Dark Side of Social Capital. (with Stephan Meier, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, USA)
Media:
1. "Ökonomisierung der Gesellschaft: Fluch oder Segen?", Sonntagsrunde Thema, Tele-Ostschweiz, June 2006
Conferences and Presentations:
40. IDHEAP, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 2008. "Rethinking Public Auditing Institutions: Empirical Evidence from Swiss Municipalities."
39. Research Seminar, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, Barcelona, Spain, March 2008. "Rethinking Public Auditing Institutions: Empirical Evidence from Swiss Municipalities."
38. Annual Meeting of the AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (AEA), New Orleans, LA, USA, January 2008
37. Conference on ‘New Developments in Political Economics', Boldern , Switzerland. " Divided Government: It's not coincidence! How voters split their tickets."
36. Annual Congress of the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (EEA), Budapest, Hungary, August 2007. "Public Auditors: Empirical Evidence from the US States"
35. MONASH UNIVERSITY, Melbourne, Australia, August 2007. "Public Auditors: Empirical Evidence from the US States"
34. Political Economy Working-Group Meeting, NBER, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 2007.
33. Graduate Student Political Economy Group Meeting, NBER, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 2007.
32. Lunch Seminar in Economics (LSE), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, April 2007. "Public Auditors: Empirical Evidence from the US States"
31. World Meeting of the PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY (PCS), Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 2007. "Public Auditors: Empirical Evidence from the US States"
30. ‘Organization Theory and Political Economics' seminar for Ph.D. students, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH , Zurich, Switzerland, January 2007. "Public Auditors: Empirical Evidence from the US States"
29. Annual Congress of the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (EEA), Vienna, Austria, August 2006. "Controlling Government by Democratically-Elected, Competing Political Bodies"
28. Vortragsreihe "Volkswirtschaft aktuell", KONJUNKTURFORSCHUNGSSTELLE LIECHTENSTEIN (KOFL), Vaduz, Liechtenstein, May 2006. "Starke Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen: Wichtiger als direkte Demokratie und Föderalismus?" (with Reiner Eichenberger)
27. Political Economy Working-Group Meeting, NBER, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 2006.
26. Graduate Student Political Economy Group Meeting, NBER, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 2006. Comment on: Afzal, Madiha: "Restricted Candidacy and Political Competition: Evidence from a Policy Change in the Minimum Education Requirement for Legislators in Pakistan"
25. Political Economy Research Workshop, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 2006. "Auditors: A new Perspective"
24. Annual Meeting of the EUROPEAN PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY (EPCS), Turku, Finland, April 2006. "Powerful, Independent and Competing Political Bodies: Evidence from a Broad Swiss Dataset"
23. Annual Meeting of the EUROPEAN PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY (EPCS), Turku , Finland , April 2006. Comment on: Pitsoulis, Athanassios: "The Dark Side of Political Competition. An Application of Conflict Models to Politics"
22. Research Seminar for Doctoral Students, UNIVERSITY OF BERNE, Berne, Switzerland, March 2006. "The Fifth Element: Auditors in Politics"
21. FSES Seminar for Doctoral Students, UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, Fribourg, Switzerland, March 2006. "The Fifth Element: Auditors in Politics"
20. ‘Organization Theory and Political Economics' seminar for Ph.D. students, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH , Zurich, Switzerland, January 2006. "Oil, Drugs and Foreign Aid: Strategic Donors Behavior?"
19. Political Economy Working-Group Meeting, NBER, Cambridge, MA, USA, November 2005.
18. Graduate Student Political Economy Group Meeting, NBER, Cambridge, MA, USA, November 2005. Poster: "Auditors in Politics: Enhancing Political Competition"
17. Tagung ‚Recht und Ökonomik des Dritten Sektors', HANDELSKAMMER HAMBURG, Hamburg, Germany, November 2005. "Zwischen Markt und Staat: Der Markt für Staat" (with Reiner Eichenberger)
16. Fifth Erfurt Conference on Fiscal Sociology, UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT, Erfurt, Germany, October 2005. "Making Audit Courts Effective: Theory and Empirical Evidence"
15. Annual Meeting of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS (ISNIE), Barcelona, Spain, September 2005. "Fiscal Decentralization: Efficiency vs. Redistribution? An Institutional Feature to Resolve the Trade-off"
14. Graduate Student Political Economy Group Meeting, NBER, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2005
13. Political Economy Research Workshop, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2005. Comment on: Fiva, Jon H. and Jørn Rattsø: „Property Taxation as Constitutional Choice: The Effects of Political Fragmentation and Fiscal Competition in Norway"
12. Annual Meeting of the EUROPEAN PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY (EPCS), Durham, UK, April 2005. "Controlling Government by Democratically-Elected, Competing Political Bodies"
11. Annual Meeting of the EUROPEAN PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY (EPCS), Durham, UK, April 2005. Comment on: du Cray, Pierre E. and Bertrand Lemennicier: "Does Non-Representativeness of our Representatives at the National Assembly Matter"
10. Annual Meeting of the PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY (PCS), New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2005. "Distributional Effects of Fiscal Federalism: Evidence from Switzerland"
9. Annual Meeting of the PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY (PCS), New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2005. "Controlling Government by Democratically-Elected, Competing Political Bodies"
8. Political Economy Research Workshop, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, USA, March 2005. "Distributional Effects of Fiscal Federalism: Evidence from Switzerland"
7. CBRSS Staff Development Talk, Center for Basis Research in the Social Sciences (CBRSS), HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, USA, January 2005. "Institutional Innovation in Political Markets"
6. Annual Meeting of the AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (AEA), Philadelphia, PA, USA, January 2005.
5. Political Economy Research Workshop, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, USA, December 2004. "Independent and Competing Institutions: An Effective Way to Control Government"
4. Annual Meeting of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS (ISNIE), Tucson, AZ, USA, September 2004. "Independent and Competing Institutions: An Effective Way to Control Government"
3. Conference on ‘Developments in New Political Economics', HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY, Berlin, Germany, May 2003. "Starke Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen: Wichtiger als direkte Demokratie und Föderalismus? Ein erster Blick auf die Daten"
2. Annual Congress of the SWISS SOCIETY OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS, Berne, Switzerland, March 2003. "Starke Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen: Wichtiger als direkte Demokratie und Föderalismus? Ein erster Blick auf die Daten"
1. Public Choice Seminar for Ph.D. students of the Universities St. Gallen, Zurich and Fribourg, UNIVERSITY OF ST. GALLEN, St. Gallen, Switzerland, June 2002. "Öffentliche Finanzen und Rechnungsprüfungsorgane: Eine empirische Studie"
