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Fiscal federalism, taxation and grants
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2016
traditional, expenditure-related motives for centralization considered in the fiscal federalism literature is present. If central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523762
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Government decentralization as a commitment
Grâdšṭayn, Marq - 2014
. Building on insights provided by the “second generation” wave of research on fiscal federalism, this paper proposes a unified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356365
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Environmental tax reform in a federation with rent-induced migration
Garon, Jean-Denis; Séguin, Charles - 2015
We study the welfare effects of a revenue-neutral green tax reform in a federation. The reform consists of increasing a tax on a polluting input and reducing that on labor income. Households are fully mobile within the federation. Regions are unequally endowed with a nonrenewable natural...
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Fiscal federalism and income inequality : an empirical analysis for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Christian; Schaltegger, Christoph A.; … - 2018
This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011942832
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Minimum standards, fixed costs and taxing autonomy of subnational governments
Seitz, Helmut (contributor) - 2008
standards are derived. -- Fiscal federalism ; minimum standards ; tax autonomy ; fiscal equalization …
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Raising taxes through equalization
Smart, Michael (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003495798
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Elections and de facto expenditure decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354073
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Legislative malapportionment and the politicization of Germany's intergovernmental transfer system
Pitlik, Hans (contributor); Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2005
Legislative bargaining theory suggests that fiscal transfers among member states of a federation are determined to a substantial degree by political bargaining powers. Malapportionment of the states' population in the legislature is claimed to lead to disproportionally higher benefits to...
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Ex-post redistribution in a federation : implications for corrective policy
Köthenbürger, Marko (contributor) - 2006
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Do party ties increase transfer receipts in cooperative federalism? - evidence from Germany
Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2020
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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