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Public Sector Centralization and Productivity Growth: Reviewing the German Experience

Stegarescu, Dan; Büttner, Thiess; Behnisch, Alexej - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002

The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long?term perspective. A theoretical model shows that, due to spillover effects of public service provision across lower level governments, federal government activities could have...

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Centralizing Tendencies in the Public Sector in Germany

Stegarescu, Dan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

clear evidence for a causal relationship between economic and European integration and fiscal decentralization in the case …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097662

Public Sector Decentralization: Measurement Concepts and Recent International Trends

Stegarescu, Dan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This paper deals with the problems encountered in defining and measuring the degree of fiscal decentralization. Drawing … on a recent analytical framework of the OECD, different measures of fiscal autonomy and revenue decentralization are …-making competencies in the course of time, new time series of annual data on the degree of fiscal decentralization are provided for 23 …

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Economic Integration and Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from OECD Countries

Stegarescu, Dan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

decentralization in OECD countries. Based on a theoretical framework, the empirical panel analysis relates the degree of public sector … decentralization to economic and European integration, controlling for inter-regional heterogeneity, economies of scale, and …

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The Impact of Fiscal Equalization on Local Expenditure Policies: Theory and Evidence from Germany

Hauptmeier, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

This paper uses a simple model of fiscal competition in taxes and public inputs among local jurisdictions to analyze the incentive effects of fiscal equalization transfers. We find that a budget-compensated increase in the contribution rate to a system of fiscal equalization not only induces...

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Costs, Preferences, and Institutions: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Government Decentralization

Stegarescu, Dan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

-national differences in the degree of fiscal decentralization. Accounting for taxing powers of subnational governments, the evidence …

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Intergovernmental grants and public input provision: theory and evidence from Germany

Hauptmeier, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

This paper uses a simple model of fiscal competition between local jurisdictions to analyse the impact of intergovernmental grants on the composition of public spending. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of ?fiscal equalisation? coincides with a smaller overall share...

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A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Specialisation Patterns Across EU Regions

Stirböck, Claudia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This paper conducts a spatial econometric analysis of the determinants of regional specialisation patterns. Spatial autocorrelation is present, but is mostly due to spatial error autocorrelation. Spatial interaction due to economic interdependencies is only evident for some few labour-intensive...

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Spatial model selection and spatial knowledge spillovers: a regional view of Germany

Klarl, Torben - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

The aim of this paper is to introduce a new model selection mechanism for cross sectional spatial models. This method is more flexible than the approach proposed by Florax et al. (2003) since it controls for spatial dependence as well as for spatial heterogeneity. In particular, Bayesian and...

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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? Evidence from a policy experiment

Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt...

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