The political economy of local fiscal equalization in the German States

该项目的主要目标是在德国联邦机构实验室内全面分析政府间财政均衡的政治经济学。正如最初申请中概述的那样，该项目旨在为政治经济学和公共财政方面的政府间转移支付的经验文献做出贡献。从政策角度来看，该项目的结果也可能有助于德国（和其他地方）的政策制定者设计有效和公平的政府间转移支付方案。由于这是一个后续应用程序，一个重要的目标是完成仍在进行中的几个子项目。此外，Lopes-da-Fonseca女士的博士学位是由项目资助的，我也想探讨一些在最初的申请中提到的，但迄今为止被忽视的问题。

The main objective of this project is to comprehensively analyze thepolitical economy of intergovernmental fiscal equalization within theinstitutional laboratory of the German federation. As outlined in theinitial application, the project aims to contribute to the empiricalliterature on intergovernmental transfers in political economics andpublic finance. From a policy perspective, the results from thisproject may also be helpful for policy makers in Germany (andelsewhere) for designing efficient and equitable intergovernmentaltransfer schemes. As this is a follow-up application, one importantaim is to complete several subprojects that are still work inprogress. In addition, Ms. Lopes-da-Fonseca, whose Ph.D. studentposition is funded by the project, and I would also like to exploresome questions that were mentioned in the original application buthave been neglected hitherto.