• Administrative Delegation in Budgetary Powers and Fiscal Performance 

      Geys, Benny; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Does delegation of the budget preparation process to top civil servants improve or worsen fiscal performance? We address this question by analyzing high-quality data on budgetary procedures and fiscal performance over a ...
    • 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 ...
    • A Post-politics Earnings Penalty? Evidence from Politicians’ Life-time Income Trajectories (1970-2019) 

      Geys, Benny; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Politicians are commonly believed to gain financially from holding and/or having held office. We argue that there may often also be economic downsides to pursuing a political career, and investigate whether and when ...