Research

Working papers and work in progress


"Do Commuting Subsidies Drive Workers to Better Jobs" (Working Paper)

David Agrawal, Elke Jahn, Eckhard Janeba

CESifo Working Paper No. 10981, 2024


"Gender Employment Gaps and Access to Daycare Centres in Germany" (Work in Progress)

Freya Cook, Eckhard Janeba, Davud Rostam-Afschar


"Tax and Vax: the Fiscal Consequences of the Biontech Shock" (Work in Progress)

Eckhard Jabena, Felix Köhler, Davud Rostam-Afschar, Paul Steger

Published and accepted


"A Theory of Economic Disintegration"

Eckhard Janeba, Karl Schulz

International Economic Review 65(1), pp. 353-392, February 2024 (Published Version) (Pdf)


"Extraterritorial Trade Sanctions: Theory and Application to the US–Iran–EU Conflict"

Eckhard Janeba

Review of International Economics 32(1), pp. 49-71, February 2024 (Published Version) (Pdf)


"The Global Minimum Tax Raises More Revenues than you Think, or Much Less"

Eckhard Janeba, Guttorm Schjelderup

Journal of International Economics 145, November 2023 (Published Version) (Pdf)


"Nonlinear Taxation and International Mobility in General Equilibrium"

Eckhard Janeba, Karl Schulz

Journal of Public Economics 218, February 2023 (Published Version) (Pdf)


"Consistent Flexibility: Enforcement of Decit Rules through Political Incentives"

Valerio Dotti, Eckhard Janeba

European Journal of Political Economy 79, September 2023 (Published Version) (Pdf)


"Preferences over Taxation of High-Income Individuals: Evidence from a Survey Experiment"

 Dirk Engelmann, Eckhard Janeba, Lydia Mechtenberg, Nils Wehrhöfer

 European Economic Review 157, August 2023 (Published Version)


"European Fiscal Reform Preferences of Parliamentarians in France, Germany and Italy"

Sebastian Blesse, Massimo Bordignon, Pierre C. Boyer, Piergiorgio Carapella, Friedrich Heinemann, Eckhard Janeba, Anasuya Raj

European Union Politics 23(3), pp. 529 - 540, September 2022 (Published Version) (Pdf)


"Incumbency and Expectations of Fiscal Rule Compliance: Evidence from Surveys of German Policy Makers"

Friedrich Heinemann, Eckhard Janeba, Maximilian Todtenhaupt

European Journal of Political Economy 72, March 2022 (Published Version) (Pdf)


"Compliance Effects of Sovereign Debt Cuts"

Eckhard Janeba, Armin Steinbach

International Review of Law and Economics 60, December 2019 (Published Version)


"Regulatory Chill and the Effect of Investor State Dispute Settlements"

Eckhard Janeba

Review of International Economics 27(4), pp. 1172-1198, September 2019 (Published Version)


"European Monetary Union Reform Preferences of French and German Parliamentarians"

Sebastian Blesse, Pierre Boyer, Friedrich Heinemann, Eckhard Janeba, Anasuya Raj

European Union Politics 20(3), pp. 406–424, September 2019 (Published Version)


"Fiscal Competition and Public Debt"

Eckhard Janeba, Maximilian Todtenhaupt

Journal of Public Economics 168, pp. 47–61, December 2018 (Published Version)


"Intégration européenne et politiques du marché du travail: Quel consensus entre parlementaires francais et allemands?"

Sebastian Blesse, Pierre Boyer, Friedrich Heinemann, Eckhard Janeba, Anasuya Raj

Revue d'Economie Politique 127(5), pp. 737–759, October 2017 (Published Version)


"Income inequality and export prices across countries"

Lisandra Flach, Eckhard Janeba

Canadian Journal of Economics 50(1), pp. 162–200, February 2017 (Published Version)


"City Competition for the Creative Class"

Thiess Buettner, Eckhard Janeba

Journal of Cultural Economics 40(4), pp. 413–451, November 2016 (Published Version)


"Fiscal Rules and Compliance Expectations – Evidence for the German Debt Brake"

Friedrich Heinemann, Eckhard Janeba, Christoph Schröder, Frank Streif

Journal of Public Economics 142, pp. 11–23, October 2016 (Published Version)


"Trade and the Political Economy of Redistribution"

Eckhard Janeba, Gonzague Vannoorenberghe

Journal of International Economics 98, pp. 233–244, January 2016 (Published Version)


"Who likes to fend for oneself? Revenue Autonomy Preferences of Subnational Politicians in Germany"

Friedrich Heinemann, Eckhard Janeba, Marc-Daniel Moessinger, Christoph Schröder

Publius – The Journal of Federalism 45(4), pp. 653–685, Fall 2015 (Published Version)


"Tax Policy, Tax Competition and Fiscal Rules: Insights from Classroom Experiment and Surveys of Politicians"

Eckhard Janeba

Finanz­archiv / Public Finance Analysis 70(3), pp. 345–373, September 2014 (Published Version)


"Tax and the City – A Theory of Local Tax Competition"

Eckhard Janeba, Steffen Osterloh 

Journal of Public Economics 106, pp. 89–100, October 2013 (Published Version)


"Germany's New Debt Break Rule: A Blueprint for Europe?"

Eckhard Janeba

Finanz­archiv / Public Finance Analysis 68(4), pp. 383–405, December 2012 (Published Version)


"Optimal Fiscal Federalism in the Presence of Tax Competition"

 Eckhard Janeba, John D. Wilson

Journal of Public Economics 95(11–12), pp. 1302-1311, December 2011 (Published Version)


"Viewing tax policy through party-colored glasses: What German politicians believe"

Friedrich Heinemann, Eckhard Janeba

German Economic Review 12(3), pp. 286–311, August 2011 (Published Version)


"The Welfare Effects of Tax Competition Reconsidered: Politicians and Political Institutions"

Eckhard Janeba, Guttorm Schjelderup

The Economic Journal 119, pp. 1143 – 1161, July 2009 (Published Version)


"Education, Redistribution and the Threat of Brain Drain"

Alexander Haupt, Eckhard Janeba

International Tax and Public Finance 16, pp. 1–24, February 2009 (Published Version)


"Exports, Unemployment, and the Welfare State"

Eckhard Janeba

Canadian Journal of Economics 42(3), pp. 930–955, August 2009 (Published Version)


"International Trade and Consumption Network Externalities" (former title: "International Trade and Cultural Identity")

Eckhard Janeba

European Economic Review 51(4), pp. 781–803, May 2007 (Published Version)


"Moral Federalism"

Eckhard Janeba

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5(1), Article 32, December 2005 (Published Version)


"Taxes or Fees? The Political Economy of Providing Excludable Public Goods"

Eckhard Janeba, Kurtis J. Swope

 Journal of Public Economic Theory 7(3), pp. 405–426, August 2005 (Published Version)


"Decentralization and International Tax Competition"

Eckhard Janeba, John D. Wilson

Journal of Public Economics 89(7), pp. 1211-1229, July 2005 (Published Version)


"Strategic Investment by a Regulated Firm"

Amihai Glazer, Eckhard Janeba

International Tax and Public Finance 11, pp. 123–132, March 2004 (Published Version)


"Taxation and Evasion in the Presence of Extortion by Organized Crime"

Michael Alexeev, Eckhard Janeba, Stefan Osborne

Journal of Comparative Economics 32(3), pp. 375–387, September 2004 (Published Version)


"Global Corporations and Local Politics: Income Redistribution vs. FDI Subsidies"

Eckhard Janeba

Journal of Development Economics 74, pp. 367–391, August 2004 (Published Version)


"Taxation by State and Organized Crime: Harmony or Conflict?"

Michael Alexeev, Eckhard Janeba, Stefan Osborne

Public Finance and Management 3(4), pp. 398–418, December 2003 (Published Version)


"Does Trade Increase Inequality when Skills are Endogenous?"

Eckhard Janeba

Review of International Economics 11(5), pp. 885–898, November 2003 (Published Version)


"Is Targeted Tax Competition Less Harmful Than Its Remedies?"

Eckhard Janeba, Michael Smart

International Tax and Public Finance 10, pp. 259–280, May 2003 (Published Version)


"Attracting FDI in a Politically Risky World"

Eckhard Janeba

International Economic Review 43(4), pp. 1127-1155, November 2002 (Published Version)


"A Citizen-Candidate Model with Sequential Elections"

John J. Cadigan, Eckhard Janeba

Journal of Theoretical Politics 14(4), pp. 387–408, October 2002 (Published Version)


"Composition of Government Budget, Non-Single Peakedness and Majority Voting"

Peter Bearse, Gerhard Glomm, Eckhard Janeba

Journal of Public Economic Theory 3(4), pp. 471–481, October 2001 (Published Version)


"Tax Competition when Governments Lack Commitment: Excess Capacity as a Co­unter­vailing Threat"

Eckhard Janeba

American Economic Review 90, pp. 1508-1519, December 2000 (Published Version)


"Why Poor Countries Rely Mostly on Redistribution In-Kind"

Peter Bearse, Gerhard Glomm, Eckhard Janeba

Journal of Public Economics 75(3), pp. 463–481, March 2000 (Published Version)


"Tax Evasion, Tax Competition and the Gains from Non-Discrimination: The Case of Interest Taxation in Europe"

Eckhard Janeba, Wolfgang Peters

Economic Journal 109, pp. 93–101, January 1999 (Published Version)


"Tax Competition and Trade Protection"

Eckhard Janeba, John D. Wilson

Finanz­archiv / Public Finance Analysis 56 (3/4), pp. 459-480, 1999 (Published Version)


"Tax Competition in Imperfectly Competitive Markets"

Eckhard Janeba

Journal of International Economics 44(1), pp. 135–153, February 1998 (Published Version)


"Should the Power to Redistribute Income be (De-)Centralized? An Example"

Eckhard Janeba, Horst Raff

International Tax and Public Finance 4, pp. 453–461, November 1997 (Published Version)


"Foreign Direct Investment under Oligopoly: Profit Shifting or Profit Capturing?"

Eckhard Janeba

Journal of Public Economics 60(3), pp. 423–445, June 1996 (Published Version)


"Corporate Income Tax Competition, Double Taxation Treaties, and Foreign Direct Investment"

Eckhard Janeba

Journal of Public Economics 56(2), pp. 311–325, February 1995 (Published Version)

Books and chapters


"Investor State Dispute Settlement and Host Country Regulation: Insights from Economic Theory"

Eckhard Janeba

In: Chaisse J., Choukroune L., Jusoh S. (eds): Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy. Springer, Singapore 2021


"International Tax Competition"

Eckhard Janeba

J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1997