• 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 ...
    • 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 ...