The effectiveness of partial coordination among decentralized institutions [Elektronische Ressource] / Sven Wehke

The E⁄ectiveness of PartialCoordination among DecentralizedInstitutionsSven WehkeInauguraldissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoctor rerum politicarumvorgelegt und angenommen an derFakult?t f?r Wirtschaftswissenschaft derOtto-von-Guericke-Universit?t MagdeburgVerfasser: Sven WehkeGeburtsdatum und -ort: 23. M?rz 1978, BurgArbeit eingereicht am: 04. Oktober 2007Gutachter der Dissertation: Prof. Dr. Ronnie Sch?bProf. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Schw?diauerDatum der Disputation: 01. April 2008iAcknowledgementsFirst of all, I would like to thank my academic teacher, Ronnie Sch?b, not onlyfor reading and commenting on my papers, but also for extensive discussions on allparts of my thesis. I am grateful to my colleagues, Andreas Knabe and Jan K?nig,for discussing ideas and clarifying (minor and major) questions.The chapter Tax Competition and Partial Coordination was prepared for theHECERWorkshopon?FiscalFederalism?inHelsinkiwhichwasorganizedbyErkkiKoskela and Panu Poutvaara. In particular, I would like to thank Erkki Koskelafor serving as a guest editor on a special issue of FinanzArchiv, where this chapterhas been published. The comments by two anonymous referees are also gratefullyacknowledged.ThechapterPublicGoods, Unemployment andPolicyCoordination isbasedonajoint paper with Thomas Aronsson fromUme? University. It has been a pleasure toworkwithhimandIthankhimandthedepartmentofeconomicsatUme?Universityfor their hospitality.