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This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two levels of government are involved in the provision of a...
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state of Berlin and the federal level in Germany. State voting intentions for the state and for the federal parliament are …
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International comparisons show that the reasons why e-government development in Germany does not occupy the desired … orientation. In order to provide better and faster public services in Germany, the Online Access Act was introduced in 2017, which … 2022. However, this deadline has not been met. This study suggests that Germany's federal political structure is …
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level, a subject that is currently under debate in Germany where states do have virtually no power to tax. We use a simple … standards are derived. -- Fiscal federalism ; minimum standards ; tax autonomy ; fiscal equalization …
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distribution of fiscal transfers in Germany's intergovernmental transfer system over the period 1970-2002. It can be shown that …
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Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers … transfers to municipal governments under this type of federalism. Using a regression discontinuity design in close electoral … supporting the swing voter hypothesis, our results suggest that federalism inherently entails restrictions for misusing …
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The real exchange rate - real interest rate (RERI) relationship is central to most open economy macroeconomic models. However, empirical support for the relationship, especially when cointegrationbased methods are used, is rather weak. In this paper we reinvestigate the RERI relationship using...
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