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Working Papers

2024

1. How does government size affect economic growth? New results from a historical dataset
   FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics

2022

2. Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2050: ageing and the COVID-19 crisis
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2020

3. Debt and Growth: Historical Evidence
   Chemnitz Economic Papers, Department of Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology View citations (12)
   Also in FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics (2020) View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Debt and growth: historical evidence, Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon (2020) View citations (8) (2020)

2017

4. Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2045
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2016

5. Population aging in healthcare - a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland
   FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Population ageing in healthcare – a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2018) View citations (9) (2018)

2015

6. What Drives Public Health Care Expenditure Growth? Evidence from Swiss Cantons, 1970-2012
   Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel View citations (1)
   Also in FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics (2015) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article What drives public health care expenditure growth? Evidence from Swiss cantons, 1970–2012, Health Policy, Elsevier (2016) View citations (21) (2016)

2013

7. National debt brakes as a remedy for diverging economies in the European Monetary Union?
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2012

8. Drivers of health care expenditure: Does Baumol's cost disease loom large?
   FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics View citations (25)
9. Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2060
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2011

10. How to consolidate government budgets in view of external imbalances in the Euro area? Evaluating the risk of a savings paradox
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
11. Konjunktur und Wachstum
    (Business cycles fluctuations and long-term growth)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2010

12. Projecting health-care expenditure for Switzerland: further evidence against the 'red-herring' hypothesis
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009) View citations (12)

2004

13. Government and growth
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
14. The inefficiency of firm-augmenting public input vs. The inapplicability of provision rules
    Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany

Journal Articles

2022

1. Do the COVID-19 Crisis, Ageing and Climate Change Put Swiss Fiscal Sustainability at Risk?
   Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2022, 57, (1), 48-55

2020

2. Budgetary targets as cost-containment measure in the Swiss healthcare system? Lessons from abroad
   Health Policy, 2020, 124, (6), 605-614 View citations (2)
3. Debt and growth: historical evidence
   Economics Bulletin, 2020, 40, (3), 2594-2609 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Debt and Growth: Historical Evidence, Chemnitz Economic Papers (2020) View citations (12) (2020)

2018

4. Healthcare expenditure and fiscal sustainability: evidence from Switzerland
   Public Sector Economics, 2018, 42, (3), 279-301 View citations (2)
5. Population ageing in healthcare – a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland
   Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (15), 1746-1760 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Population aging in healthcare - a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland, FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2017

6. Drivers of Healthcare Expenditure: What Role does Baumol's Cost Disease Play?
   Social Science Quarterly, 2017, 98, (5), 1603-1621 View citations (7)

2016

7. What drives public health care expenditure growth? Evidence from Swiss cantons, 1970–2012
   Health Policy, 2016, 120, (9), 1051-1060 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper What Drives Public Health Care Expenditure Growth? Evidence from Swiss Cantons, 1970-2012, Working papers (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2015

8. GOVERNMENT SIZE AND GROWTH: A SURVEY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE EVIDENCE – A COMMENT
   Journal of Economic Surveys, 2015, 29, (5), 887-895 View citations (2)

2011

9. Does the composition of public expenditure affect economic growth? Evidence from the Swiss case
   Applied Economics Letters, 2011, 18, (16), 1583-1589 View citations (19)

2009

10. Growth effects of fiscal policies: an application of robust modified M-estimator
    Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (7), 899-912 View citations (59)

2008

11. Efficiency in public infrastructure provision: a theoretical note
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2008, 35, (6), 528-543

2006

12. Die Schweizer Schuldenbremse – nachhaltiger und konjunkturgerechter als der neue Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt?
    Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2006, 126, (4), 521-533
13. Testing the Growth Effects of Fiscal Policies Using Modified MLE
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2006, 12, (1), 139-139

2005

14. A Note on Public Input Specifications
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2005, 11, (1), 13-18 View citations (3)

2003

15. The inefficiency of firm-augmenting public inputVersus the inapplicability of provision rules
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2003, 9, (1), 85-85

1999

16. Public inputs: Some clarifications and a taxonomy
    International Advances in Economic Research, 1999, 5, (4), 513-514 View citations (3)

Books

2017

1. Imperative of Economic Growth in the Eurozone: Competitiveness, Capital Flows and Structural Reforms
   Vernon Press Titles in Economics, Vernon Art and Science Inc