Publications by Prof. Dr. Zohal Hessami

• Hessami, Z., S. Schirner, and C. Wobbe (2024). Asylum Seekers, New Business Registrations, and Job Creation.
• Hessami, Z., T. Häcker, and M. Thomas (2024). Public Administrators as Politicians in Office. Revise and Resubmit
• Hessami, Z. and S. Schirner (2024). Immigration Shocks and Shifting Social Group Boundaries. IZA Discussion Paper No. 17343.
• Hessami, Z. and T. Khasanboev (2024). Gender Bias in the Reelection of Politicans (When a Crisis Strikes). IZA Discussion Paper No. 17081.

• [19] Baskaran, T. and Z. Hessami (2025). Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers. Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming. [Coverage in FAZ, n-tv, VoxEU, Oekonomenstimme]
• [18] Baskaran, T., Hessami, Z., and S. Schirner (2024). Young Versus Old Politicans and Public Spending Prorities. Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization. 225, 88-106.
• [17] Baskaran, T., Hessami, Z., and T. Khasanboev (2023). Political Selection When Uncertainty is High. Kyklos, 76(2), 161-178.
• [16] Baskaran, T. und Z. Hessami (2022). The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections. European Economic Review, 145, 104111.
• [15] Hessami, Z. und M. Lopes da Fonseca (2020). Female Political Representation and Substantive Effects on Policies: A Literature Review. European Journal of Political Economy, 63. [Coverage in n-tv]
• [14] Hessami, Z. und S. Resnjanskij (2019). Complex Ballot Propositions, Individual Voting Behavior, and Status Quo Bias. European Journal of Political Economy, 58(3), 82-101.
• [13] Baskaran, T. und Z. Hessami (2018). Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics? American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 10(3), 95-121. [Coverage in n-tv, Oekonomenstimme, AEA Resarch Highlights]
• [12] Hessami, Z. (2018). Accountability and Incentives of Appointed and Elected Public Officials. Review of Economics and Statistics 100(1), 51-64.
• [11] Baskaran, T. und Z. Hessami (2017). Monetary Integration, Soft Budget Constraints, and the EMU Sovereign Debt Crises. Economics and Politics 29(3), 252-275.
• [10] Baskaran, T. und Z. Hessami (2017). Political Alignment and Intergovernmental Transfers in Parliamentary Systems: Evidence from Germany. Public Choice 171(1), 75-98.
• [9] Hessami, Z. (2016). How Do Voters React to Complex Choices in a Direct Democracy? Evidence from Switzerland. Kyklos 69(2), 263-293.
• [8] Hessami, Z. and S. Uebelmesser (2016). A Political-Economy Perspective on Social Expenditures: Corruption and In-Kind versus Cash Transfers. Economics of Governance 17(1), 71-100.
• [7] Eisenkopf, G., Hessami, Z., Fischbacher, U., H. W. Ursprung (2015). Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 115, 123-143.
• [6] Hessami, Z. and T. Baskaran (2015). Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980 - 2009. World Economy 38, 1880-1911.
• [5] Hessami, Z. (2014). Political Corruption, Public Procurement, and Budget Composition: Theory and Evidence from OECD Countries. European Journal of Political Economy 34, 372-389.
• [4] Hessami, Z. and S. Uebelmesser (2013). Empirical Determinants of In-Kind Redistribution: Partisan Biases and the Role of Inflation. Economics Letters 118, 318-320.
• [3] Baskaran, T. and Z. Hessami (2012). Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is There a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages? International Tax and Public Finance 19, 677-707. [Coverage in Times Higher Education]
• [2] Hessami, Z. (2011). Globalization's Winners and Losers - Evidence from Life Satisfaction Data, 1975 - 2001. Economics Letters 112, 250-253.
• [1] Hessami, Z. (2010). The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Europe and Its Impact on Well-Being. Kyklos 63, 346-382.

• Baskaran, T. und Z. Hessami (2013). Fiscal Decentralization and Budgetary Stability: Transitory Effects and Long‑Run Equilibria, in: Fiscal relations across government levels in times of crisis – making compatible fiscal decentralization and budgetary discipline, S. 79-103, Brussels: European Commission, DG ECFIN.
• Baskaran, T., Bigsten, A. und Z. Hessami (2013). Political Decentralization and the Effectiveness of Aid, in: Arne Bigsten (ed.), Globalization and Development: Rethinking Interventions and Governance, S. 43-72, New York: Routledge.
• Feld, L.P., Hessami, Z., und L. Reil (2011). Direkte Demokratie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland? Ergebnisse einer Umfrage zur Einführung direkter Volksrechte auf Bundesebene, in: Lars P. Feld, Peter M. Huber, Otmar Jung, Christian Welzel, and Fabian Wittreck (eds.), Jahrbuch für direkte Demokratie, S. 107-134, Baden-Baden: Nomos.