@article{HammerschmidGeissler, author = {Hammerschmid, Gerhard and Geißler, Ren{\´e}}, title = {Public Management und Leadership aus der Sicht der deutschen Ministerialverwaltung}, series = {Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Verwaltungswissenschaften 2010}, journal = {Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Verwaltungswissenschaften 2010}, publisher = {SGVW Verl.}, address = {Bern}, issn = {2296-8717}, pages = {93 -- 107}, language = {de} } @techreport{HammerschmidProellerGeissler, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Hammerschmid, Gerhard and Proeller, Isabella and Geißler, Ren{\´e}}, title = {Verwaltungsf{\"u}hrung heute: Ergebnisse einer F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}ftebefragung in der deutschen Ministerialverwaltung}, publisher = {Institut f{\"u}r den {\"o}ffentlichen Sektor}, address = {Berlin}, pages = {36}, abstract = {Auf Basis einer deutschlandweiten Erhebung auf Bundes- und L{\"a}nderebene wurden im Zeitraum von Februar bis Juni 2009 erstmalig Erfahrungen der F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte im Bezug auf Verwaltungsf{\"u}hrung und -modernisierung systematisch untersucht. An der vom Institut f{\"u}r den {\"o}ffentlichen Sektor unterst{\"u}tzten Studie der Hertie School of Governance unter Beteiligung der Universit{\"a}ten Potsdam und Leipzig beteiligten sich insgesamt 351 F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte aus allen L{\"a}nderverwaltungen und der Bundesverwaltung. Die Ergebnisse der Befragung zeigen verschiedene Problemfelder auf. Zum einen werden ein zunehmender Budgetdruck und der demografische Wandel als die zentralen und langfristigen Herausforderungen f{\"u}r die {\"o}ffentliche Verwaltung gesehen. Zum anderen wird die fehlende Flexibilit{\"a}t als zentrale Schw{\"a}che erkannt, die Reformen notwendig macht.}, language = {de} } @misc{HammerschmidGeisslerRaffer, author = {Hammerschmid, Gerhard and Geissler, Ren{\´e} and Raffer, Christian}, title = {Local Public Finance. An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, isbn = {978-3-030-67466-3}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-67466-3}, abstract = {This book is based upon a comparative public administration research project, initiated by the Hertie School of Governance (Germany) and the Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany) and supported by a network of researchers from many EU countries. It analyzes both the regimes and the practices of local fiscal regulation in 21 European countries. The book brings together key findings of this research project. The regulatory discussion is not limited to the prominent issue of fiscal rules but focuses on every component of regulation. Beyond this, the book covers affiliated topics such as the impact of regulation for local governments, evolution of regulation, administrative costs and crisis prevention. The various book chapters throughout provide a broad picture of local public finance regulation in theory and in practice, using different theoretical and national lenses for the analysis. Furthermore, the authors investigate the effects of budgetary constraints and higher-level regulatory efforts on local governments and on democracy and public services in every European country. This book fills a gap with respect to the lack of discussion on local government finance from an international, comparative perspective and, in particular, the regulation of local public finance. With its mix of authors, this book will be useful for practitioners as well as for scholars and for theory-driven research.}, language = {en} } @incollection{HammerschmidGeisslerRaffer, author = {Hammerschmid, Gerhard and Geissler, Ren{\´e} and Raffer, Christian}, title = {Introduction: The Relevance and Conceptualisation of Local Finance Regulatory Regimes}, series = {Local Public Finance An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective}, booktitle = {Local Public Finance An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective}, editor = {Geissler, Ren{\´e} and Hammerschmid, Gerhard and Raffer, Christian}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-67466-3_1}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {1 -- 19}, abstract = {Although local governments are essential providers of public services and infrastructure across Europe, they ultimately depend on funding from higher levels of government. The clear relevance of local government finances necessitates effective regulation in order to ensure financial sustainability, but as of yet there has been hardly any comparative research regarding this particular topic. The 18 chapters contained in this volume bring together the work of 40 experts in the disciplines of political science, economics, and public administration research to approach the subject of local financial regulation in various scales and contexts across Europe. In this introductory chapter, we first outline key concepts such as fiscal decentralisation and regulation and briefly describe associated underlying theories and research. Secondly, we present comparative fiscal data to demonstrate the variance and trends of fiscal decentralisation across Europe. It also introduces the concept and components of regulatory regimes and develops the argument, that the effectiveness and outcome of fiscal regulation depends not only on the quality of individual components but also on the interactions of those components. We finally present the three guiding questions of this volume and provide a short overview of the chapters to follow.}, language = {en} } @incollection{GeisslerWegrich, author = {Geissler, Ren{\´e} and Wegrich, Kai}, title = {Fiscal Rules at the Local Level: the Challenge of Enforcement}, series = {Local Public Finance: An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective}, booktitle = {Local Public Finance: An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective}, editor = {Geissler, R{\´e}ne and Hammerschmid, Gerhard and Raffer, Christian}, publisher = {Springer}, isbn = {9783030674656}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-67466-3_3}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {39 -- 56}, abstract = {Despite the growing significance of fiscal rules, there is little research about tools and practices of enforcement at the local level. Addressing this knowledge gap, this chapter makes three contributions: first, we review the literature on regulatory enforcement in the 'public-to-private' context and discuss six key insights. Second, we provide an empirical overview of enforcement instruments across 21 European countries and discuss them in light of those key insights. Third, we present findings from an in-depth over-time analysis of enforcement practices in Germany's largest state, North Rhine-Westphalia. We find that European supervisory bodies have a range of instruments that broadly follow the logic of the 'enforcement pyramid' at their disposal, but there is substantial cross-national variation in the instruments used. The case study reveals a 'back and forth' enforcement style alternating between strengthening and loosening rules and enforcement measures. We find political logics, regulators' capacities and economic contexts as key drivers. Finally, we conclude that the idea of enforcement as a rational application of legal norms is unrealistic. In order to increase compliance, regulators should make more of an effort to understand the underlying rationale for compliance and violations; they need to secure political support and a credible strategy for escalating sanctions in case of non-compliance.}, language = {en} }