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La Spesa sanitaria Ssn in Italia e nella Regione Emilia Romagna - Ricostruzione e benchmarking con la metodologia Ecofin-Ocse
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The Ecofin-Oecd methodology is applied to reconstruct the health care expenditure evolution in Italy and in the Region Emilia Romagna. The reconstructed series can be compared to the historical series, highlighting the different capabilities of the Italian average and of the Region Emilia...
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Proiezioni della spesa e del finanziamento dei Sistemi Sanitari Regionali in Italia [2015-2030]
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The work constructs projections till 2030 for health care expenditures of Italian Regional Health Care Systems. Three different schemes of financing are hypothesised, with three different levels of solidarity between Regions. Financing is always supposed to cover the entire exigency of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110395
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Institutional Arrangements for Coordination Among Governments in Germany
Spahn, Paul Bernd - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
The theory of fiscal federalism makes a strong case for decentralizing government functions in order to enhance the … of politicians, and by mobilizing citizens through greater participation at the local level. Federalism respects … different cultural and individual traditions among regions, and it emphasizes local diversity. Federalism thus reflects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835433
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Validation of the Regional Authority Index
SCHAKEL, ARJAN H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This article validates the Regional Authority Index with seven widely used decentralization indices in the literature. A principal axis analysis reveals a common structure. The major source of disagreement between the Regional Authority Index and the other indices stems from the fact that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835757
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Federalism and Public Choice
Hills, Roderick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
aspects of federalism - exit-based normative justifications for federal regimes, voice-based normative justifications for … regimes from the politics of unitary states. Moreover, the case for federalism based on exit critically depends on the … argument for federalism based on improvement of ”voice.” Otherwise, migration from one city or state to another to escape …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835817
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Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization in India
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835933
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Devolution as a means to adequate social safety nets?
Van Mechelen, Natascha; De Maesschalck, Veerle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Decentralisation is invariably among the recommendations that international organisations such as the World Bank make for an enhancement of social provisions, and particularly a better targeting of social assistance regimes, in Eastern and Central Europe. However, theoretical literature as wel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836017
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Unemployment and Clientelism: The Piqueteros of Argentina
Ponce, Aldo Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper sheds light on possible explanations for the success and sustainability of the piqueteros social movement in Argentina, developed from a comparative perspective based on Latin America. I show which institutional arrangements, political actors, and configurations of power contributed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837272
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The Political Economy of India’s Fiscal Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This article examines recent and potential reforms in India’s fiscal federal system. We summarize key federal institutions in India, including tax and expenditure assignments, and mechanisms for Center-state transfers. We discuss the institutional process by which reforms can and do take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837483
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China's reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations in the light of European experiences
Spahn, Paul Bernd - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
competitive federalism models such as that of the United States. The basic characteristics of the two European federations are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837511