Publications

For further information on current projects have a look at the personal website of Désirée I. Christofzik www.dchristofzik.de

In refereed journals

2024: Unraveling the Productivity Paradox: Evidence for Germany (with Steffen Elstner, Lars P. Feld and Christoph M. Schmidt), German Economic Review, 25(3), 165-207.
2024: On the Public Provision of Positional Goods (with Sebastian G. Kessing), Oxford Economic Papers, 76(3), 708–721.
2022: Macroeconomic effects of the anticipation and implementation of tax changes in Germany: Evidence from a narrative account (with Angela Fuest and Robin Jessen), Economica, 89, 62-81.
2021: International spillover effects of U.S. tax reforms: Evidence from Germany (with Steffen Elstner), Oxford Economic Papers, 73(2), 578-600.
2019: Does Accrual Accounting Alter Fiscal Policy Decisions? - Evidence from Germany, European Journal of Political Economy 60, 101805.
2019: A mechanism to regulate sovereign debt restructuring in the euro area (with Jochen Andritzky, Lars P. Feld and Uwe Scheuering), International Finance 22(1), 20-34.
2018: Does fiscal oversight matter? (with Sebastian G. Kessing), Journal of Urban Economics 105, 70-87.
2013: The Aggregation of Information Qualities in Collaborative Software (with Christian Reuter), International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing 5(3), 257–271.

Applied publications (mostly in German)

2024: Die regionalen Effekte der Grunderwerbsteuer: Zeit für Reformen (mit Lars P. Feld und Mustafa Yeter), Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (11), 754-757.
2024: Förderprogramme für Kommunen: Politische Verflechtungen und Informationsdefizite (mit Matthias Quinckhardt), Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (7), 482-484.
2024: Es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt – Probleme von Investitionsregeln, ifo Schnelldienst 77 (2), 16–18.
2024: Inflation und Zinsen: Wirkungen auf die kommunale Finanzlage in Nordrhein-Westfalen, (with Niklas Isaak, Robin Jessen, Florian Kirsch), Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (1), 58-63.
2023: Die Zeitenwende im Bundeshaushalt steht noch aus. ifo Schnelldienst 76 (7), 6–9.
2023: Haushaltsspielräume des Bundes: Strukturelle Schieflagen lösen sich nicht durch Aufschieben, Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (5), 293–296.
2023: Zahlungen der Länder an Gemeinden in finanzstatistischer Abgrenzung – Eckpunkte eines Schätzmodells. Research project FE 5/21 on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance. Final report, January 2023.
2022: Das deutsche Produktivitätsparadoxon: Eine Spurensuche (with Steffen Elstner, Lars P. Feld and Christoph M. Schmidt). Blog „Inclusive Productivity“ (Bertelsmann Stiftung), 16.02.2022.
2021: The German Productivity Paradox: A Homegrown Affair (with Steffen Elstner, Lars P. Feld and Christoph M. Schmidt). VoxEU.org., 22.11.2021.
2021: Erwiderung: Licht und Schatten der Doppik-Umstellung (with Florian Dorn, Stefanie Gäbler, Christian Raffer and Felix Rösel), Wirtschaftsdienst 101 (2), 141–142.
2020: Bremst die Doppik öffentliche Investitionen? Ergebnisse aus drei aktuellen Evaluationsstudien (with Florian Dorn, Stefanie Gäbler, Christian Raffer and Felix Rösel), Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (9), 707-711.
2019: Öffentliche Investitionen: Wie viel ist zu wenig? (with Lars P. Feld and Mustafa Yeter), Schweizer Monat - Die Autorenzeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur 1064, 60–64.
2018: Entwarnung oder trügerische Ruhe? Entwicklung und Struktur der öffentlichen Verschuldung in Deutschland (with Lars P. Feld), in: Junkernheinrich, M., S. Korioth, T. Lenk, H. Scheller and M. Woisin (editors), Jahrbuch für öffentliche Finanzen 2018/1, Schriften zur öffentlichen Verwaltung und öffentlichen Wirtschaft, 399–410.
2016: Zurück in die steuerliche Steinzeit? (with Lars P. Feld and Uwe Scheuering), Wirtschaftsdienst 96, 87–91.

Working Papers

2020: Heterogeneous price and quantity effects of the real estate transfer tax in Germany (with Lars P. Feld and Mustafa Yeter), German Council of Economic Experts Working Paper 10/2020.
2020: Macroeconomic effects of the anticipation and implementation of tax changes in Germany: Evidence from a narrative account (with Angela Fuest and Robin Jessen), Ruhr Economic Papers 852, RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen.
2019: Fiscal Policy Adjustments to Budget Shocks - Evidence from German municipalities (with Benny Schneider), German Council of Economic Experts Working Paper 10/2019.
2018: Uniting European fiscal rules: How to strengthen the fiscal framework (with Lars P. Feld, Wolf Heinrich Reuter and Mustafa Yeter), German Council of Economic Experts Working Paper 04/2018.
2016: Influx of refugees: Integration as a key challenge (with Jochen Andritzky, Bodo Aretz and Christoph M. Schmidt), German Council of Economic Experts Working Paper 09/2016.
2016: Auswirkungen der Flüchtlingsmigration auf die langfristige Tragfähigkeit der öffentlichen Finanzen (with Bodo Aretz, Uwe Scheuering and Martin Werding), German Council of Economic Experts Working Paper 06/2016.

Written statements for parliamentary hearings (in German)

Written statement for the preparation of the public hearing in the interior committee of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament on 7th February, 2024 regarding the draft law on the state law for the new regulation of financial relations between the state and the local authorities, Print 18/7536, January 2024 (with Oliver Märtz).

Written statement for the preparation of an expert meeting in the finance committee of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament on December 8th, 2022 regarding the sustainability of the state's finances, Print 20/493, December 2022.

Written statement for the preparation of the hearing in the interior committee of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament on October 5th, 2022 regarding the reform of the state fiscal equalization scheme, Print 18/2573, September 2022.

Written statement for the preparation of the public hearing of the finance committee of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament on May 23rd, 2022 regarding potential advancements in cash and intergenerational accounting, Print 2-ADrs-1, May 2022.

Written statement for the hearing of the committee for work and social affairs of the German Bundestag regarding the alignment of pension law on May 15th, 2017 (with Bodo Aretz, Lars P. Feld, and Jan L. Fries).