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Political budget cycles and fiscal decentralization
Gonzalez, Paula; Hindriks, Jean; Lockwood, Ben; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328853
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Political budget cycles and fiscal decentralization
Gonzalez, Paula; Hindriks, Jean; Lockwood, Ben; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003313720
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Fiscal centralization and the political process
Albornoz, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003972250
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The impact of referendums on the centralisation of public goods provision : a political economy approach
Schnellenbach, Jan; Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2007 - This version: May 2007
The paper compares decision-making on the centralisation of public goods provision in the presence of regional externalities under representative and direct democratic institutions. A model with two regions, two public goods and regional spillovers is developed in which uncertainty over the true...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003592733
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Inter-regional competition, comparative advantage, and environmental federalism
Ferrara, Ida; Missios, Paul C.; Yildiz, Halis Murat - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427991
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The political agenda effect and state centralization
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Torvik, Ragnar - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490476
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The Political Agenda Effect and State Centralization
Acemoglu, Daron - 2016
national state based on the political agenda effect. State centralization induces citizens of different backgrounds, interests … investments in conflict capacity. In the absence of state centralization, citizens do not necessarily band together because of … social democratic party may sometimes induce state centralization (by removing the commitment value of a non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991695
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Local agency costs of political centralization
Myerson, Roger B. - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 16 (2021) 2, pp. 425-448
We analyze a model of moral hazard in local public services which could be efficiently managed by officials under local democratic accountability, but not by officials who are appointed by the ruler of a centralized autocracy. The ruler might prefer to retain an official who diverted resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587346
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The Impact of Referendums on the Centralisation of Public Goods Provision : A Political Economy Approach
Schnellenbach, Jan; Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2021
The paper compares decision-making on the centralisation of public goods provision in the presence of regional externalities under representative and direct democratic institutions. A model with two regions, two public goods and regional spillovers is developed in which uncertainty over the true...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317425
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The political agenda effect and state centralization
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Torvik, Ragnar - 2016
national state in many societies based on the political agenda effect. State centralization induces citizens of different … them to increase their investments and conflict capacity. In the absence of state centralization, citizens do not … society). We also suggest how the formation of a social democratic party may sometimes induce state centralization (by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572952