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Political Competition, Tax Salience and Accountability: Theory and Some Evidence from Italy
Bracco, Emanuele; Porcelli, Francesco; Redoano, Michela - CESifo - 2013
This paper argues that high political competition does not necessarily induce policy makers to perform better as previous research has shown. We develop a political economy model and we show that when political competition is tight, and elected politicians can rely on more tax instruments, they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877811
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Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Schnellenbach, Jan - CESifo - 2014
The theoretical literature on the economics of fiscal federalism has identified several potential effects of government decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision of public services. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948879
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Regional Inequality and Decentralization - An Empirical Analysis
Lessmann, Christian - CESifo - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic develop-ment. Cross-section and panel data estimations show that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293485
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Electoral Competition as a Determinant of Fiscal Decentralization
Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - CESifo - 2011
Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model. We argue that the likeliness that a central government engages in devolution of powers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294096
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Divided Government versus Incumbency Externality Effect - Quasi-experimental Evidence on Multiple Voting Decisions
Ade, Florian; Freier, Ronny - CESifo - 2011
This paper explores the interdependency of political institutions from the voter’s perspective. Specifically, we are interested in: (1) Does the partisan identity of the mayor influence the voter’s decision in the subsequent town council election?; (2) Does this partisan identity influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395305
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Demographic Change and Public Sector Budgets in a Federal System
Hofmann, Michael; Kempkes, Gerhard; Seitz, Helmut - CESifo - 2008
This paper examines the effects of demographic change on public finances in a federal system. We develop a simple methodical procedure to measure the effect of demographic changes on public revenues and expenditures. We apply our method to the local, state and federal government sector as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013041
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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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Economic Growth and Judicial Independence, a Dozen Years On: Cross-Country Evidence Using an Updated Set of Indicators
Voigt, Stefan; Gutmann, Jerg; Feld, Lars P. - CESifo - 2014
Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948870
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The Economic Effects of Federalism and Decentralization - A Cross-Country Assessment
Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - CESifo - 2009
This paper explores the idea that institutional details matter and that attempts to estimate the economic effects of federalism by employing a simple dummy variable neglect potentially important institutional details. Based on a principal component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013947
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The (Economic) Effects of Lay Participation in Courts – A Cross-Country Analysis
Voigt, Stefan - CESifo - 2008
Legal philosophers like Montesquieu, Hegel and Tocqueville have argued that lay participation in judicial decision …, lay participation in judicial decision-making can be interpreted as a renunciation of an additional division of labor … least the same magnitude. This paper discusses pros and cons of lay participation, presents a new database and tests some of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094207