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Fiscal federalism and income inequality : an empirical analysis for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Christian; Schaltegger, Christoph A.; … - 2018
setting in Switzerland to study the issue empirically. According to our findings tax decentralization tends to reduce … consider the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation as inequality decreasing effects of decentralization are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011942832
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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? : a case study analysis
Balasubramanian, Sriram; Bounader, Lahcen; Bricco, Jana; … - 2021
Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605019
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Economic Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Poland During Transition
Paci, Pierella; Sasin, Martin J.; Verbeek, Jos - 2013
The authors attempt to analyze the linkages between macroeconomic policies and economic growth variables, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of particular interest because its data sources allow for a relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559898
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Should income inequality be praised? : multiple public goods provision, income distribution and social welfare
Itaya, Jun-ichi; Mizushima, Atsue - 2016
We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure public goods. Itaya, de Meza, and Myles (1997) show that the maximization of social welfare precludes income equality in a single pure public good model. In contrast, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568762
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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. -- federalism … ; decentralization ; fiscal federalism ; economic effects of constitutions ; constitutional economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882595
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Decentralization and foreign aid effectiveness : do aid modality and federal design matter in poverty alleviation?
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2010
This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966487
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The political economy of the standard level of services : the role of income distribution
Fiorillo, Fabio; Sacchi, Agnese - 2012
individuals is assumed. -- standard level of services ; income concentration ; decentralization ; cooperative legislature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489053
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Income inequality, fiscal decentralization and transfer dependency
Goerl, Caroline-Antonia; Seiferling, Mike - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010359985
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Political institutions and income (re-)distribution : evidence from developed economies
Feld, Lars P.; Schnellenbach, Jan - 2013
We discuss the effect of formal political institutions (electoral systems, fiscal decentralization, presidential and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792220
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Income Inequality, Fiscal Decentralization and Transfer Dependency
Goerl, Caroline-Antonia - 2014
on fiscal decentralization suggesting that redistribution is most effectively carried out at sub-central levels of … that the decentralization of government expenditure can help achieve a more equal distribution of income. However, several … conditions need to be fulfilled: i) the government sector needs to be sufficiently large, ii) decentralization should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411252