Blar i BI Open på forfatter "Heyndels, Bruno"

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    • Bargaining Complexity and the Duration of Government Formation: Evidence from Flemish Municipalities 

      Blockmans, Tom; Geys, Benny; Heyndels, Bruno; Mahieu, Bram (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Government formation processes have attracted a substantial amount of scholarly attention. Yet, only few scholars try to explain the duration of government formations. This article extends the latter literature by examining ...

    • Competition in the political arena and local government performance 

      Ashworth, John; Geys, Benny; Heyndels, Bruno; Wille, Fanny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Competition reduces rent extraction in private-sector firms. In this article, we empirically assess whether it similarly disciplines politicians by evaluating local-level governments’ performance in Flanders. The results ...

    • Fiscal fairness as a political argument 

      Mahieu, Bram; Geys, Benny; Heyndels, Bruno (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Governments typically apply several tax instruments. The tax choice literature sees the choice among these as depending on the political costs involved. One source of such costs is (horizontal) inequity in the distribution ...

    • Identity, Threat Aversion, and Civil Servants' Policy Preferences: Evidence from in the European Parliament 

      Kuehnhanss, Colin; Murdoch, Zuzana; Geys, Benny; Heyndels, Bruno (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Distinct policy options are typically characterized by a number of advantages (or ‘opportunities’) and disadvantages (or ‘threats’). The preference for one option over another depends on how individuals within an organization ...

    • Sex differences in budgetary preferences among Flemish local politicians 

      Slegten, Caroline; Geys, Benny; Heyndels, Bruno (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Policy preferences have been shown to differ by sex within the electorate and among public officials. We explore whether—in a context of budgetary restraints—sex differences in budgetary preferences prevail among council ...