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How close is your government to its people? : worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2014
This paper provides a unique data set on local governance. This dataset measures government decisionmaking at the local … level, i.e. the level of government closest to the people. By contrast, the existing literature has focused on … "decentralization index" and are then adjusted for heterogeneity to develop a "government closeness index". …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230930
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Financial management in government : insights on skills development
Beazley, Ivor - In: OECD journal on budgeting 18 (2019) 3, pp. 81-124
Financial management is a critical capability for governments, enabling them to deliver on their priorities and fulfil promises made to parliament and citizens. Skilled human resources are the foundation of these capabilities. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418952
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Costa Rica : restoring fiscal sustainability and setting the basis for a more growthfriendly and inclusive fiscal policy
Araújo, Sónia; Guichard, Stéphanie - 2018
increases in Latin America over the last decade. Government attempts to restore fiscal health have been undermined by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914250
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Costa Rica: Restablecer la sostenabilidad fiscal y establecer las bases para una política fiscal más inclusiva y favorable al crecimiento
Araújo, Sónia - 2018
Años consecutivos de déficits primarios han conducido a una creciente deuda pública de casi el 50% del PIB, uno de los aumentos más rápidos en América Latina en la última década, y los intentos del gobierno para restablecer la salud fiscal se han visto socavados por la paralización en...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012452701
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Valuation and Assessment of Immovable Property
Almy, Richard - 2014
This paper addresses the following questions about immovable property taxation in OECD and partner countries: What is valued? How is it valued? And who values? It draws on published information and data on property tax policy and administration in 172 countries. It focuses on value-based taxes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012454215
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Incumbency effects in government and opposition: Evidence from Germany
Ade, Florian; Freier, Ronny; Odendahl, Christian - In: European Journal of Political Economy 36 (2014) C, pp. 117-134
government? We estimate the incumbency effect for the direct district candidates in German federal and state elections using a … parties, the center-right CDU and the center-left SPD, have an advantage only if the SPD is in government. This effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939872
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How close is your government to its people? Worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 8 (2014), pp. 1-61
This paper provides a unique data set on local governance. This dataset measures government decisionmaking at the local … level, i.e. the level of government closest to the people. By contrast, the existing literature has focused on … decentralization index and are then adjusted for heterogeneity to develop a government closeness index. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954725
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Valuation and Assessment of Immovable Property
Almy, Richard - Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA), … - 2014
This paper addresses the following questions about immovable property taxation in OECD and partner countries: What is valued? How is it valued? And who values? It draws on published information and data on property tax policy and administration in 172 countries. It focuses on value-based taxes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276680
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Birleşik Krallık’ta Siyasi-İktisadi Dönüşüm Ve Kamu Mali Krizi
KARAHANOĞULLARI, Yiğit - In: Ekonomik Yaklasim 21 (2010) 77, pp. 143-170
Birleşik Krallık'ta Mayıs 2010 genel seçimleri ile iktidara gelen koalisyon hükümetinin ilk icraatı mali krizi aşabilmek için kamu harcamalarında önemli oranda kesintiye gideceğini açıklamak oldu. Zira, Birleşik Krallık, bir taraftan hızla artmakta olan kamu borçları ile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814154
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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023678