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Cross-border media and nationalism : Evidence from Serbian radio in Croatia
DellaVigna, Stefano - 2011
triggers ethnic hatred towards Serbs in Croatia. Mostly attracted by non-political content, many Croats listen to Serbian … public radio (intended for Serbs in Serbia) whenever signal is available. As a result, the vote for extreme nationalist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461623
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The Budgetary Repercussions of Capital Convictions
Baicker, Katherine - 2001
Control of public spending and revenues is increasingly being left to states and localities. In order to understand the consequences of such a movement on the distribution of social spending, it is necessary to understand how fiscal distress will affect state and local budgets. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470338
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Endogenous Decentralization in Federal Environmental Policies
Chang, Howard - 2007
between the federal and state governments in such a scheme of partial decentralization. Our model suggests that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465415
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Expenditure Competition
Gordon, Roger H. - 2001
response. In this paper, we explore the effect that competition for residents induced by fiscal decentralization has on 'waste … an additional advantage of fiscal decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470537
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Decentralization in Developing Economies
Gadenne, Lucie - 2013
Standard models of fiscal federalism suggest many benefits of decentralization in developing economies, and there has … been a recent push toward decentralization around the world. However, developing countries presently still have less … decentralization, particularly on the revenue side, than both developed countries today and the United States and Europe historically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459259
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The Resilience of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) Countries During ECB's Monetary Cycles
Aizenman, Joshua; Saadaoui, Jamel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We investigate the resilience of CESEE countries during ECB monetary cycles after the entrance of ten countries to the EU in 2004. Undeniably, these countries have experienced a 'miracle' growth during the 2000s decade. However, several obstacles appeared following the global financial crisis...
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Studies in state and local public finance
Rosen, Harvey S. (ed.) - 1986
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Calling All Issuers : The Market for Debt Monitoring
Chen, Huaizhi; Cohen, Lauren; Liu, Weiling - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
A substantial fraction of local governments refinance their long-term debt with significant delays - resulting in sizable losses. Using data from 2001 to 2018, we estimate that U.S. municipals lost over $31 billion from this delayed refinancing, whereas the entire U.S. corporate sector, facing...
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The Importance of Local Fiscal Conditions in Analyzing Local Labor Markets
Gyourko, Joseph - 1986
A new test of the compensating wage differential model is proposed. The logic behind Roback's model showing how differences in nonproduced amenities may be reflected in intercity wage differentials is extended to the case of differences in local fiscal conditions, represented by tax rates and...
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Minority Representation in Local Government
Beach, Brian - 2018
Does minority representation in a legislative body differentially impact outcomes for minorities? To examine this question, we study close elections for California city council seats between white and nonwhite candidates. We find that nonwhite candidates generate differential gains in housing...
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