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Partial Fiscal Decentralization and Public-Sector Heterogeneity : Theory and Evidence from Norway
Borge, Lars-Erik - 2012
This paper provides an empirical test of a principal tenet of fiscal federalism: that spending discretion, when granted to localities, leads to public-sector heterogeneity, with public-good levels adjusting to suit local demands. The test is based on a simple model of partial fiscal...
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The Geography of Linguistic Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods
Desmet, Klaus - 2017
interaction mitigates or reinforces antagonism towards other groups, the micro-founded theory we develop predicts that a country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964695
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Fiscal Federalism and Electoral Accountability
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2010
We study the efficient allocation of spending and taxation authority in a federation in which federal politicians are exposed to electoral uncertainty. We show that centralization may, but need not, result in a loss of electoral accountability. We identify an important asymmetry between positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144284
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Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class
Blanchard, Emily J. - 2013
liberalization. Comparing trade and education policy, we find that targeted education subsidies are more effective than tariffs as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085747
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Redistributive Politics and the Tyranny of the Middle Class
Zoutman, Floris - 2016
The Netherlands has a unique tradition in which all major Dutch political parties provide CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis with highly detailed proposals for the tax benefit system in every national election. This information allows us to quantitatively measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991936
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A Lipsetian Theory of Democratization : Development, Education, Inequality, and Resources
Boucekkine, Raouf - 2017
of education, inequality, and (natural) resources. We highlight two contrasting effects of education and human capital …The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … accumulation. On the one side, education prompts economic growth and enriches the budget of the autocratic elite. On the other side …
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The Intricacy of Adapting to Climate Change : Flood Protection as a Local Public Goods Game
Bondarev, Anton A. - 2017
We study adaptation to climate change in a federalist setting. To protect themselves against an increase in flood risk, regional governments choose among adaptation measures that vary with respect to their costs, the level of protection they offer, and the presence and nature of spillovers to...
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Private Capital, Public Goods : Forest Plantations' Investment in Local Infrastructure and Social Services in Rural Tanzania
Degnet, Mohammed B. - 2017
health centers, as well as on school enrolment and quality of education. We triangulate the results from a logistic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943387
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Voting, Lobbying, and the Decentralization Theorem
Lockwood, Ben - 2009
This paper revisits the fiscal quot;decentralization theoremquot;, by relaxing the role of the assumption that governments are benevolent, while retaining the assumption of policy uniformity. If instead, decisions are made by direct majority voting, (i) centralization can welfare-dominate...
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Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services : A Field Experiment in the US
Giulietti, Corrado - 2015
Discrimination in access to public services can act as a major obstacle towards addressing racial inequality. We …
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