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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
Otoo, Isaac; Danquah, Michael - 2021
In this paper, we estimate the efficiency of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and … investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using … MMDAs' internally generated funds as a share of their total revenue has a positive influence on the efficiency of MMDAs …
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Local Natural Resource Curse?
Borge, Lars-Erik; Parmer, Pernille; Torvik, Ragnar - Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Norges … - 2013
should harm efficiency more than revenue derived from other sources such as taxation. Although we do find that higher local … government revenue reduces the efficiency in production of public goods, we do not find that this effect is stronger for natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856726
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On the determinants of local government debt: Does one size fit all?
Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; … - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2013
This paper analyzes the factors that directly influence levels of debt in Spanish local governments. Specifically, the main objective is to find out the extent to which indebtedness is originated by controllable factors that public managers can influence, or whether it hinges on other variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010940512
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Local Governments' Response to Fiscal Shocks : Evidence from Connecticut
Giesecke, Oliver; Mateen, Haaris - 2022
The deteriorating fiscal position of municipalities across the United States raises the question which adjustment mechanisms municipalities have at their disposal and what their effects are. We utilize quasi-experimental variation in the year of property tax assessments in the state of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078989
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Local Government Debt Valuation
Giesecke, Oliver; Mateen, Haaris; Jardim Sena, Marcelo - 2022
We construct a novel data set on the fiscal position of municipalities in the United States and document a secular decline in their financial health. Our data combines financial data from the Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFRs) of municipalities along with Census data of their revenue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030441
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Local Natural Resource Curse?
Borge, Lars-Erik; Torvik, Ragnar; Parmer, Pernille - Centre for Applied Macro- and Petroleum economics … - 2013
harm efficiency more than revenue derived from other sources such as taxation. Although we do ?nd that higher local … government revenue reduces the efficiency in production of public goods, we do not ?nd that this effect is stronger for natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686009
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Determinants of local governments'­ reelection: New evidence based on a Bayesian approach
Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Brun-Martos, María Isabel; … - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2014
This paper analyzes the effect of public spending on the probability of municipal reelection of Spanish local governments during the 2000-2007 period, using Bayesian techniques. The results indicate that, in general, increases in local government spending positively impact on the chances of...
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Looking beyond conventional intergovernmental fiscal frameworks : principles, realities, and neglected issues
Smoke, Paul J. - 2016
Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations reform have become nearly ubiquitous in developing countries. Performance, however, has often been disappointing in terms of both policy formulation and outcomes. The dynamics underlying these results have been poorly researched....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561696
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On the effects of intergovernmental grants: a survey
Lago, Manuel E.; Lago Peñas, Santiago; … - 2022
This paper offers a comprehensive and updated review of the effects of intergovernmental grants. We focus on the main findings in the existing literature on the effects of intergovernmental grants on tax policy and choices, expenditure decisions, fiscal stability and behavioral choices, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209725
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Fiscal decentralization and electoral participation : analyzing districts in Indonesia
Farah, Alfa - 2019
Many countries have adopted decentralization policies in order to strengthen democratic governance. Nevertheless, empirical literature on whether decentralization actually strengthens democratic governance is relatively limited when compared to empirical literature on the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107757