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The effect of public sector efficiency on firm-level productivity growth : the Italian case
Fadic, Milenko; Garda, Paula; Pisu, Mauro - 2019
This paper investigates the causal effect of public administration efficiency on firm-level productivity. To this … purpose, we combine newly available data from Italy on public administration efficiency of subnational governments with geo … administration efficiency and firm productivity because of large and persistent spatial disparities in economic performance and local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111119
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Female presence in local government and cost efficiency : the case of Italian municipalities
Bucci, Valeria; Ferrara, Giancarlo; Resce, Giuliano - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 58 (2024) 1, pp. 16-29
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014460271
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The system of revenue sharing and fiscal transfers in China
Wang, Xiao; Herd, Richard - 2013
The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a multi-level government structure that shares national tax revenues through a system of tax sharing and transfers, and divides spending assignments and responsibilities. Local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009711209
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Improving subnational governments’ resilience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
de Mello, Luiz - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on lives, the economy, and the public finances worldwide, drawing attention to the need to enhance resilience to future shocks. This paper focuses on subnational governments, given their important and growing role in the provision of essential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013278615
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Enhancing administrative and fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic
Sila, Urban; De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2020
services can be an alternative way of improving efficiency and the quality of service delivery. Tweaking the tax sharing system … higher efficiency. Improving and consolidating the delivery of education and health services at the local level is also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421297
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Political leaders' socioeconomic background and fiscal performance in Germany
Hayo, Bernd; Neumeier, Florian - In: European Journal of Political Economy 34 (2014) C, pp. 184-205
This paper investigates whether the socioeconomic status of the head of government helps explain fiscal performance. Applying sociological research that attributes differences in people's ways of thinking and acting to their relative standing within society, we test whether the social status of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010931440
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The System of Revenue Sharing and Fiscal Transfers in China
Wang, Xiao; Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a multi-level government structure that shares national tax revenues through a system of tax sharing and transfers, and divides spending assignments and responsibilities. Local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276970
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Fiscal Prospects and Reforms in India
Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364448
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Fiscal decentralization, fiscal rules and fiscal discipline
Neyapti, Bilin - In: Economics Letters 121 (2013) 3, pp. 528-532
Fiscal decentralization (FD) and fiscal rules (FR) are institutional mechanisms that are implemented by varying degrees in increasing number of countries. This paper investigates empirically the effect of FR on the effectiveness of FD in achieving fiscal discipline. Panel evidence strongly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729445
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Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil
Caselli, Francesco; Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509470