@article{Hallerberg, author = {Hallerberg, Mark}, title = {Der Markt als Umverteilungsinstrument und die Rolle des Staates}, series = {Zur Kritik des liberalen Skripts: Innere Spannungen, gebrochene Versprechen und die Notwendigkeit der Selbsttransformation (Leviathan Sonderband)}, volume = {Sonderband 42}, journal = {Zur Kritik des liberalen Skripts: Innere Spannungen, gebrochene Versprechen und die Notwendigkeit der Selbsttransformation (Leviathan Sonderband)}, editor = {Z{\"u}rn, Michael}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Baden-Baden}, isbn = {ISBN 978-3-7560-1829-1}, pages = {216 -- 239}, language = {de} } @techreport{HallerbergScartascini, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Hallerberg, Mark and Scartascini, Carlos}, title = {Research Insights: How Do Economic Crises Affect Reforms to Fiscal Rules in Latin America?}, edition = {\#105}, publisher = {Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)}, doi = {10.18235/0012999}, abstract = {Economic crises may favor reforms in fiscal rules, either because they increase the cost of maintaining fiscal imbalances or because these imbalances are behind the origin of the crises. Banking crises would not necessarily explain fiscal reforms in some democratic governments in the region. Financial crises favor reforms the longer the crisis extends over time. If the crisis turns into a sovereign debt crisis, fiscal reforms are much more likely.}, language = {en} } @techreport{ArdanazHallerbergScartascini, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Ardan{\´a}z, Mart{\´i}n and Hallerberg, Mark and Scartascini, Carlos}, title = {Research Insights: When Fiscal Adjustments Must Be Made, Do Voters Care Which Policy Is Used?}, edition = {\#101}, publisher = {Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)}, doi = {10.18235/0005292}, abstract = {Fiscal adjustments, aimed at resolving imbalances that can lead to an economic crisis, have a high political cost in Latin America and the Caribbean. Fiscal consolidations in the region generally focuses on raising indirect taxes, such as the value added tax (VAT), which are relatively easy to collect. Experimental evidence, however, indicates that citizens would prefer to reduce public spending rather than increase taxes. The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must invest in fiscal tools that give them more room to maneuver in times of economic crisis and thus reduce negative impacts on electoral results.}, language = {en} } @techreport{HallerbergScartascini, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Hallerberg, Mark and Scartascini, Carlos}, title = {Research Insights: Does Politics Trump the Ability of Having Successful Tax Reforms?}, edition = {\#80}, doi = {10.18235/0005267}, abstract = {The probability of tax reform is higher during banking crises. Tax reform is unlikely to occur during election periodseven if the government is facing financing problemsso reforms that seek to raise taxes should be avoided at those times. The ideology of the president does not explain which taxes are reformed, or how they are changed, but the presence of an IMF program does.}, language = {en} } @article{WehnerHallerberg, author = {Wehner, Joachim and Hallerberg, Mark}, title = {Regimes, Leaders, and Lockdowns: Who Responded More Quickly to the COVID-19 Pandemic?}, doi = {10.31235/osf.io/9pazw}, pages = {73}, abstract = {Explanations of the speed of policy responses to COVID-19 highlight two sets of arguments. One focuses on regime type. Did autocracies, with fewer institutional constraints and high coercive power, lock down more quickly than democracies? The second concerns the "type" of health policymaker. Did governments led by doctors or natural scientists respond more quickly, and did men and populists delay lockdown? We examine these relationships with a global dataset of political regimes and relevant traits of 188 political leaders and health ministers in office at the start of the pandemic. Our setup addresses concerns about reciprocal causation and sample selection bias and proves robust to potential confounders. We find autocracies locked down more slowly than democracies, while leader traits appear not to matter. However, medical doctors in the health portfolio are associated with lower likelihood of lockdown, suggesting they may have provided cover for leaders hesitant to do so.}, language = {en} }