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The Political Economy of Municipal Amalgamation - Evidence of Common Pool Effects and Local Public Debt
Fritz, Benedikt - 2016
This paper investigates the political economy of after merger effects of the large scale municipal amalgamations in the German state of Baden-Württemberg in the early 1970s. By exploiting the huge variance in the amalgamation process in terms of number of participating municipalities,...
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Self-preserving Leviathans - Evidence from Regional-level Data
Kluge, Jan; Markwardt, Gunther; Thater, Christian - CESifo - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of the intensity of political competition on the leviathan behavior by political incumbents. Using panel data from German municipalities, we test whether the relative political strength of parties in local councils influences the spending behavior of...
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Nitpicky Insurers and the Law of Contracts
Bourgeon, Jean-Marc - 2017
that hardly explains the many features of an insurance contract. We extend this setup to include the situation that the … show how the law of insurance contracts should allow insurers to incentivize policyholders to exert an adequate level of …
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The Nature of Risk Preferences : Evidence from Insurance Choices
Barseghyan, Levon; Molinari, Francesca; O'Donoghue, Ted; … - 2021
We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates 'standard …
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Remittances, Banking Status and the Usage of Insurance Schemes
Crayen, Dorothee - 2013
can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as (self-) insurance. We also show that purchasing formal funeral cover … is influenced by other risk management strategies and that determinants of informal insurance differ from those of formal …
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Remittances, Banking Status and the Usage of Insurance Schemes
Crayen, Dorothee; Hainz, Christa; Martinez, Christiane … - CESifo - 2010
can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as (self-) insurance. We also show that purchasing formal funeral cover … is influenced by other risk management strategies and that determinants of informal insurance differ from those of formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572573
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Institutionalized Bailouts and Fiscal Policy : The Consequences of Soft Budget Constraints
Fink, Alexander - 2010
States have soft budget constraints when they can expect a bailout by the federal government in the event of a financial crisis. This gives rise to incentives for unsound state fiscal policy. We test whether states with softer budget constraints have higher debt and deficits, receive more...
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Overcoming History Through Exit or Integration – Deep-Rooted Sources of Support for the European Union
Gehring, Kai - 2020
Preferences about the vertical distribution of power in federal systems are not well understood. I argue that negative historical experiences with higher-level governments can plausibly raise demands for exit strategies and a devolution of power. But integration, for instance delegating power...
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Exit and Voice : Yardstick versus Fiscal Competition across Governments
Bordignon, Massimo - 2007
Politicians are disciplined through the electoral system. But this is often not enough to eliminate political rents. Economists suggest that competition across governments may also help. But intergovernmental competition can take two forms, through tax competition (exit) or yardstick competition...
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In Praise of Tax Havens : International Tax Planning and Foreign Direct Investment
Hong, Qing - 2007
The multinationalization of corporate investment in recent years has given rise to a number of international tax avoidance schemes that may be eroding tax revenues in industrialized countries, but which may also reduce tax burdens on mobile capital and so facilitate investment. Both the welfare...
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