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Free-riding or Internalizing? An Opportunistic View on Decentralization versus Centralization
Fiorillo, Fabio; Sacchi, Agnese - CESifo - 2011
comparing decentralized and centralized system. As in the recent Second Generation Theory (SGT) of fiscal federalism (Seabright … rent-seeking behaviour. Moreover, modelling interregional externalities as a mechanism contributing to lowering the … production cost of the public good in each region, a different trade-off - from the traditional and new theory of fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833915
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Federalism and Accountability with Distorted Election Choices
Kessing, Sebastian - CESifo - 2009
Random factors such as bad weather or exogenous economic shocks affect the re-election of politicians and can reduce accountability. Such distorted election choices interact with the architecture of government. Contrasting centralized with decentralized political systems, this study shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583637
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Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship?
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P. - CESifo - 2009
We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 … by using new panel data on sub-federal tax autonomy. While initial estimations suggest that fiscal decentralization … evidence for a negative relationship in a number of additional robustness checks. We thus conclude that fiscal decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013046
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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. - CESifo - 2006
a federalism-preserving institution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766139
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Yardstick Competition, Corruption, and Electoral Incentives
Long, Ngo Van; Sengupta, Bodhisattva - CESifo - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between electoral incentives, institutions and corruption. We assume that voters use a yardstick criterion. The incumbent provides a public good and extracts rent, which are financed by imposing a distortionary tax. We demonstrate the possibility that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094167
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The Tax Gradient: Spatial Aspects of Fiscal Competition
Agrawal, David R. - CESifo - 2015
State borders create a discontinuous tax treatment of retail sales. In a Nash game, local tax rates will be higher on the low-state-tax side of a border. Local taxes will decrease from the nearest high-tax border and increase from the low-tax border. Using driving time from state borders and all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242156
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Does Partisan Alignment Affect the Electoral Reward of Intergovernmental Transfers?
Solé-Ollé, Albert; Sorribas-Navarro, Pilar - CESifo - 2008
(Regional and Upper-local), as well as data of municipal voting behaviour at three electoral contests held at the different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196277
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The Political Economy of the Standard Level of Services: The Role of Income Distribution
Fiorillo, Fabio; Sacchi, Agnese - CESifo - 2012
The theory of fiscal federalism points out that decentralisation should be pursued in order to fit differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416120
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Decentralization and Natural Disasters
Goodspeed, Timothy J. - CESifo - 2013
This paper surveys recent research on decentralization and natural disasters. The first part discusses results from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634082
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Democracy with Group Identity
Hillman, Arye L.; Metsuyanim, Kfir; Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2015
Group-based identity undermines democracy by impeding democratic change of government. A substantial literature has therefore studied how to make democracy consistent with group identity. We contribute to this literature by introducing the role of group decisiveness into voting incentives and...
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