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Coalition Formation with Local Public Goods and Network Effect

Kung, Fan-chin - EconWPA - 2005

the no-exodus equilibrium for games whose feasible sets are not monotonic. …

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"A Tiebout Theory of Public vs Private Provision of Collective Goods"

Lagunoff, Roger; Glomm, Gerhard - EconWPA - 1997

obtain the following findings: (i) an equilibrium always exists in which all individuals to the community which uses … voluntary provision; (ii) under very robust conditions on preferences and income distribution, an equilibrium exists in which …

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Population Growth in European Cities: weather matters – but only nationally

Paul_Cheshire; Stefano_Magrini - EconWPA - 2004

This paper investigates differences in the rate of growth of population across the large city-regions of the EU12 between 1980 and 2000. The US model which assumes perfect factor mobility does not seem well adapted to European conditions. There is evidence strongly suggesting that equilibrating...

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A Dynamic Tiebout Theory of Voluntary versus Involuntary Provision of Public Goods

Glomm, Gerhard; Lagunoff, Roger - EconWPA - 1999

equilibrium of the static game each period. We also describe conditions under which voluntary provision survives. These conditions …

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Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction: A Conceptual Framework for the Economic Impact

Steiner, Susan - EconWPA - 2005

This paper contributes to providing insights into the impact of decentralisation on poverty. It starts out with an overview of which role decentralisation plays in strategies and policies for poverty eradication and derives economic and political impact channels. It concentrates on the economic...

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Machiavellian Taxation? The political economy of public service financing

Bel, Germa; Miralles, Antonio - EconWPA - 2004

pragmatic considerations, but tax policies becomes a moderate equilibrium between ideological ruling party’s preferences and …

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Regional Inequality in India: A Fresh Look

Singh, Nirvikar; Bhandari, Laveesh; Chen, Aoyu; Khare, Aarti - EconWPA - 2004

There are concerns that regional inequality in India has increased after the economic reforms of 1991. This concern is supported by various statistical analyses. In this paper, we show that the conclusions are sensitive to what measures of attainment are used. In particular, human development...

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Economic Geography and the Fiscal Effects of Regional Integration

Ludema, Rodney D.; Wooton, Ian - EconWPA - 1998

thus higher equilibrium taxes. Moreover, economic integration must increase taxes when the forces of agglomeration are the …

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Land Taxes and Revenue Needs as Communities Grow and

Kerr, Suzi; Aitken, Andrew; Grimes, Arthur - EconWPA - 2004

New Zealand is unusual in that nearly 60% of local services are funded from property taxes. These are a mixture of land taxes, capital value taxes, annual rental value taxes and uniform general charges. We explore the efficiency and equity of this system at both national and local levels. We...

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Equilibrium Agenda Formation

Dutta, Bhaskar; Jackson, Matthew O.; Breton, Michel Le - EconWPA - 2002

We develop a definition of equilibrium for agenda formation in general voting settings. The definition is independent … of any protocol. We show that the set of equilibrium outcomes for any Pareto efficient voting rule is uniquely determined … elimination (or amendment), the set of equilibrium outcomes corresponds with the Banks set. We also examine the implications in …

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