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Law and Political Science
Germany
2023

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Lars P. Feld is affiliated with the Walter Eucken Institut in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance as well as Social Sciences. Within these areas, the subfields of focus include Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Accounting, Finance, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their work often addresses topics related to fiscal policy and economic growth, local government finance and decentralization, fiscal policies and political economy, corporate taxation and avoidance, taxation and compliance studies, monetary policy and economic impact, as well as European monetary and fiscal policies.

Recent papers by Lars P. Feld include the following:

  • "Taxing away M&A: Capital gains taxation and acquisition activity," 2020, European Economic Review
  • "Steuerwettbewerb und seine Auswirkungen auf Allokation und Distribution," 2023, Mohr Siebeck eBooks
  • "Working in the shadow: Survey techniques for measuring and explaining undeclared work," 2022, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • "Fiscal federalism and economic performance new evidence from Switzerland," 2021, European Journal of Political Economy
  • "Does the Swiss Debt Brake Induce Sound Federal Finances? A Synthetic Control Analysis," 2023, Public Finance Review

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Lars P. Feld include:

  • Yannick Bury
  • Ekkehard A. Koehler
  • Ekkehard A. Köhler
  • Katharina Pfeil
  • Christoph A. Schaltegger

Lars P. Feld has published extensively in a number of venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (29 publications)
  • Wirtschaftsdienst (5 publications)
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (3 publications)
  • European Journal of Political Economy (3 publications)
  • Public Choice (2 publications)

Regarding book publications, Lars P. Feld has contributed to titles published by Nomos and Mohr Siebeck eBooks. Notable books include Jahrbuch für direkte Demokratie 2021 (2023) published by Nomos and Wohlstandssicherung durch freiwillige Längerbeschäftigung (2023) published by Mohr Siebeck eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Trust breeds trust: How taxpayers are treated

    Lars P. Feld;Bruno S. Frey

  • Economic growth and judicial independence: cross-country evidence using a new set of indicators

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt

  • Tax Compliance as the Result of a Psychological Tax Contract: The Role of Incentives and Responsive Regulation

    Lars P. Feld;Bruno S. Frey

  • Economic Growth and Judicial Independence: Cross Country Evidence Using a New Set of Indicators

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt

  • SURVEY ON THE SHADOW ECONOMY AND UNDECLARED EARNINGS IN OECD COUNTRIES

    Lars P. Feld;Friedrich Schneider

  • Deterrence and morale in taxation: An empirical analysis.

    Bruno S Frey;Lans P Feld

  • Deterrence and Morale in Taxation: An Empirical Analysis

    Bruno S. Frey;Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld

  • Achieving Compliance when Legal Sanctions are Non-Deterrent

    Jean-Robert Tyran;Lars P. Feld

  • Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is There a Relationship?

    Thushyanthan Baskaran;Lars P. Feld

  • FDI AND TAXATION: A META-STUDY

    Lars P. Feld;Jost Henrich Heckemeyer

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

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

  • Tax Evasion and Voting: An Experimental Analysis

    Lars P. Feld;Jean-Robert Tyran

  • Budget referendums and government spending: evidence from Swiss cantons

    Lars P Feld;Lars P Feld;John G Matsusaka

  • Capital structure choice and company taxation: A meta-study

    Lars P. Feld;Jost Henrich Heckemeyer;Michael Overesch

  • The political economy of direct legislation: direct democracy and local decision–making

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner

  • Direct democracy, political culture, and the outcome of economic policy: a report on the Swiss experience

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner

  • Die direkte Demokratie : modern, erfolgreich, entwicklungs- und exportfähig

    Gebhard Kirchgässner;Lars P. Feld;Marcel R. Savioz

  • Direct Democracy Matters for Economic Performance: An Empirical Investigation

    Lars P. Feld;Marcel R. Savioz

  • Does Direct Democracy Reduce Public Debt? Evidence from Swiss Municipalities

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner

  • Income Tax Competition at the State and Local Level in Switzerland

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner

  • Steuerwettbewerb und seine Auswirkungen auf Allokation und Distribution : ein Überblick und eine empirische Analyse für die Schweiz

    LarsP. Feld

  • Economic Growth and Judicial Independence: Cross Country Evidence Using a New Set of Indicators

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt;Stefan Voigt

  • Trust Breeds Trust: How Taxpayers Are Treated

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Bruno S. Frey

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

    Christoph A. Schaltegger;Lars P. Feld

  • Tax Competition and Income Redistribution: An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland

    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

  • On the Effectiveness of Debt Brakes: The Swiss Experience

    Lars P. Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner

  • Survey on the Shadow Economy and Undeclared Work in OECD Countries

    Lars Feld;Friedrich Schneider

  • Fiscal federalism and economic performance: evidence from Swiss cantons

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

  • Undeclared Work, Deterrence and Social Norms: The Case of Germany

    Lars P. Feld;Claus Larsen

  • Exit, Voice and Income Taxes: The Loyalty of Voters

    Lars P. Feld

  • Do Independent Prosecutors Deter Political Corruption? An Empirical Evaluation across Seventy-eight Countries

    Anne van Aaken;Lars P. Feld;Stefan Voigt

  • Official and hidden unemployment and the popularity of the government: an econometric analysis for the Kohl government

    Lars P Feld;Gebhard Kirchgässner

  • Tax Compliance as the Result of a Psychological Tax Contract: The Role of Incentives and Responsive Regulation

    Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld;Bruno S. Frey

  • The Impact of Corporate and Personal Income Taxes on the Location of Firms and on Employment: Some Panel Evidence for the Swiss Cantons

    Gebhard Kirchgässner;Gebhard Kirchgässner;Lars P. Feld;Lars P. Feld

  • Strategic Tax Collection and Fiscal Decentralization: The Case of Russia

    Alexander Libman;Lars P. Feld

  • A new start for the Eurozone

    Giancarlo Corsetti;Lars P. Feld;Philip R. Lane;Lucrezia Reichlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gebhard Kirchgässner
Gebhard Kirchgässner University of St. Gallen
Volker Wieland
Volker Wieland Goethe University Frankfurt
Christoph A. Schaltegger
Christoph A. Schaltegger University of Lucerne
Justus Haucap
Justus Haucap Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Clemens Fuest
Clemens Fuest Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruno S. Frey
Bruno S. Frey University of Basel
Stefan Voigt
Stefan Voigt Universität Hamburg
Friedrich Schneider
Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Benno Torgler
Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology
Jean-Robert Tyran
Jean-Robert Tyran University of Vienna

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