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Citizen Preferences and the Architecture of Government
Bourgeon, Jean-Marc; Breuillé, Marie-Laure - 2018
We consider a country whose government provides a bundle of goods and services through a multi-tier administrative organization. We compare the optimal architectures of public governance (i.e. the division of the state into several tiers, the distribution of services among them, their number of...
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The economic effects of federalism and decentralization : a cross-country assessment
Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - 2009
component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining differences in (1 … study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization. …
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Fiscal Federalism in the 21st Century
Agrawal, David R.; Brueckner, Jan K.; Brülhart, Marius - 2024
equity aspects fiscal decentralization, fiscal competition, fiscal externalities, and intergovernmental grants. The survey …
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Public Provision and Local Income Tax Competition
Kuhlmey, Florian; Hintermann, Beat - 2016
We extend the literature on local income tax competition by allowing for inter-jurisdictional spillovers and imperfect rivalry in consumption of a publicly provided good. Comparing decentralized second-best results of a theoretical model with an efficient benchmark, we identify three...
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Effect of fiscal decentralization on pollution reduction : firm-level evidence from China
Jiang, Weijie; Li, Yidong - In: Economic modelling 129 (2023), pp. 1-17
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Federalism and economic development in India: An assessment
Singh, Nirvikar; Srinivasan, T.N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper examines India’s federal system in the context of prospects for India’s future economic growth and development. After a brief review of India’s recent policy reforms and economic development outcomes, and of the country’s federal institutions, the analysis focuses on the major...
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Fiscal Federalism and Economic Performance - New Evidence from Switzerland
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2018
The link between federalism and economic performance is still ambiguous. Aiming at clarification, we improve on a widespread shortcoming by measuring federalism not just by one variable but by various institutions that constitute it. To this end, Switzerland provides for a laboratory as its 26...
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Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Schnellenbach, Jan - 2014
decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision … of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to … innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government …
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Revisiting the Link between Growth and Federalism: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach
Asatryan, Zareh; Feld, Lars P. - 2013
Following the ambiguous results in the literature aimed at understanding the empirical link between fiscal federalism and economic growth, this paper revisits the question using a Bayesian Model Averaging approach. The analysis suggests that the failure to appropriately account for model...
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Depressing Dependence? Transfers and Economic Growth in the German States, 1975-2005
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah - 2016
Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions. Since these transfers are often paid with the aim of achieving regional convergence, they should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development by...
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