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Christoph A. Schaltegger

Christoph A. Schaltegger

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Political Science

D-Index
30
Citations
2909
World Ranking
1207
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Christoph A. Schaltegger is affiliated with the University of Lucerne in Switzerland. Their work primarily spans the fields of social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance, including subfields such as political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, accounting, and gender studies.

Their research focuses on topics such as local government finance and decentralization, fiscal policy and economic growth, fiscal policies and political economy, social policy and reform studies, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, corporate taxation and avoidance, and gender, labor, and family dynamics.

Recent publications include:

  • Fiscal Rules Cause Lower Debt: Evidence from Switzerland's Federal Debt Containment Rule, 2020, Kyklos
  • Fiscal federalism and economic performance new evidence from Switzerland, 2021, European Journal of Political Economy
  • The Name Says It All, 2022, The Journal of Human Resources
  • The initiative, referendum, and distribution of income: An empirical analysis of Swiss cantons, 2020, European Journal of Political Economy
  • More is not always better. Effect of educational expenditures on education quality and social mobility in Switzerland, 2023, European Journal of Political Economy

Frequent co-authors of Schaltegger include:

  • Melanie Häner
  • Michele Salvi
  • Lars P. Feld
  • Jonas Bühler
  • Christian Frey

Their work has been published notably in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
  • European Journal of Political Economy
  • The Economists Voice
  • International Tax and Public Finance

Christoph A. Schaltegger has been recognized as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Decentralized Taxation and the Size of Government: Evidence from Swiss State and Local Governments

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Local autonomy, tax morale, and the shadow economy

    Benno Torgler;Friedrich Schneider;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Do large cabinets favor large governments? Evidence on the fiscal commons problem for Swiss Cantons ☆

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Lars P. Feld

  • On government centralization and fiscal referendums

    Lars P. Feld;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Jan Schnellenbach

  • Are fiscal adjustments less successful in decentralized governments

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Lars P. Feld

  • Tax Amnesties and Political Participation

    Benno Torgler;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Do Large Cabinets Favor Large Governments? Evidence from Swiss Sub-federal Jurisdictions

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Lars P. Feld

  • Growth effects of public expenditure on the state and local level: evidence from a sample of rich governments

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Benno Torgler

  • Exit, Voice, and Mimicking Behavior: Evidence from Swiss Cantons

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Dominique Küttel

  • Political stability and fiscal policy : time series evidence for the Swiss federal level since 1849

    Lars P. Feld;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Is Forgiveness Divine? A Cross-Culture Comparison of Tax Amnesties

    Benno Torgler;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Markus Schaffner

  • The impact of referendums on the centralisation of public goods provision: a political economy approach

    Jan Schnellenbach;Lars P. Feld;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Fiscal federalism and economic performance: evidence from Swiss cantons

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Government accountability and fiscal discipline: A panel analysis using Swiss data

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Benno Torgler

  • Work ethic, Protestantism, and human capital

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Benno Torgler

  • Finanzausgleich und Föderalismus: Zur Neugestaltung der föderalen Finanzbeziehungen am Beispiel der Schweiz*

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;René L. Frey

  • Fiscal rules, budget deficits and budget projections

    Simon Luechinger;Simon Luechinger;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Austerity, inequality and politics

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Martin Weder

  • Tax Morale and Fiscal Policy

    Benno Torgler;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Suicide and religion: New evidence on the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism

    Benno Torgler;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Municipal debt in Switzerland: new empirical results

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Voters AS A Hard Budget Constraint: On the Determination of Intergovernmental Grants

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Tax competition and income sorting: Evidence from the Zurich metropolitan area

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Frank Somogyi;Jan-Egbert Sturm

  • Fiscal Rules Cause Lower Debt: Evidence from Switzerland’s Federal Debt Containment Rule

    Michele Salvi;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Lukas Schmid

  • Spatial Spillovers in Metropolitan Areas: Evidence from Swiss Communes

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Simon Zemp

  • Progressive taxes and top income shares: A historical perspective on pre- and post-tax income concentration in Switzerland

    Christian Frey;Christoph A. Schaltegger;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Trust and Fiscal Performance: A Panel Analysis with Swiss Data

    Benno Torgler;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Government accountability and fiscal discipline :a panel analysis using Swiss data

    Benno Torgler;Christoph A. Schaltegger

  • Political stability and fiscal policy: time series evidence

    L. R Feld;C. A. Schaltegger

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars P. Feld
Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut
Benno Torgler
Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology
Gebhard Kirchgässner
Gebhard Kirchgässner University of St. Gallen
Friedrich Schneider
Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research
Niklas Potrafke
Niklas Potrafke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ernst Fehr
Ernst Fehr University of Zurich
Bruno S. Frey
Bruno S. Frey University of Basel
Jan-Erik Lane
Jan-Erik Lane University of Geneva

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