Lorenz Blume
University of Marburg
54 Papers
421 Citations
Lorenz Blume is an academic researcher from University of Marburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Direct democracy & Government. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 54 publications. Previous affiliations of Lorenz Blume include Phillips University & University of Kassel.
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Papers
Does organizational design of supreme audit institutions matter? A cross-country assessment
Lorenz Blume,Stefan Voigt +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the economic effects of differences in organizational design of SAIs on a cross-country basis and find that differences in the independence, the mandate, the implementation record, and the organizational model of the SAIs do not seem to have any clearcut effect on any of the three groups of dependent variables.
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The Economic Effects of Federalism and Decentralization - A Cross-Country Assessment
TL;DR: In this paper, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining differences in (1) fiscal policy, (2) government effectiveness, (3) economic productivity, and (4) happiness.
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Federalism and decentralization—a critical survey of frequently used indicators
Lorenz Blume,Stefan Voigt +1 more
TL;DR: The economic effects of federalism are unclear: some papers find that federalism has strong positive effects on a number of economically relevant variables, while others find negative effects as mentioned in this paper, and the results often crucially hinge on the proxies for federalism used.
The economic effects of constitutional budget institutions
Lorenz Blume,Stefan Voigt +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors combine the effects of fiscal institutions on fiscal policy variables such as budget deficits or accumulated government debt and find that constitutionally entrenched spending limits are correlated with lower total government expenditure and that the transparency of a nation's budget is correlated with higher government effectiveness and lower corruption.
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Federalism and Decentralization - A Critical Survey of Frequently Used Indicators
TL;DR: The economic effects of federalism are unclear: some papers find that federalism has strong positive effects on a number of economically relevant variables, others find negative effects as mentioned in this paper, and the results often crucially hinge upon the proxies for federalism used.