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Fiscal federalism in Western European and selected other countries : centralization or decentralization? : what is better for economic growth?

Thießen, Ulrich - 2000

Following a brief review of the theoretical literature on the benefits and shortcomings of fiscal decentralization this … determinants, on the one hand, and constructed indicators of fiscal decentralization, on the other hand. The analysis suggests for … and capital formation, on the one hand, and fiscal decentralization, on the other hand. By contrast, for countries with …

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Zukunftsgestaltung ohne Wirtschaftswachstum? : Ergebnisse eines Workshops des DIW im Auftrag von Greenpeace Deutschland

Blazejczak, Jürgen (ed.) - Workshop Zukunftsgestaltung ohne Wirtschaftswachstum? …; … - 1998

Das vorliegende Diskussionspapier dokumentiert die Ergebnisse eines Workshops, den das DIW im Auftrag von Greenpeace Deutschland durchgeführt hat. Ziel des Workshops war es, zur Klärung der Konsequenzen eines - aufgrund ökologischer Grenzen für Energie- und Materialströme - verringerten...

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From bottom to top : the entire distribution of market income in Germany, 1992-2001

Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); … - 2007

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of an integrated data set of individual tax returns and the German Socio-Economic Panel. The unique feature of this integrated data set is that it encompasses the whole spectrum of...

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Liberalization of the interurban coach market in Germany : do attitudes and perceptions drive the choice between rail and coach?

Bahamonde-Birke, Francisco; Kunert, Uwe; Link, Heike; … - 2014

year after liberalization we conducted a stated-choice experiment among students and employees at the Technical University …

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Fiscal federalism and tax administration : evidence from Germany

Bönke, Timm; Jochimsen, Beate; Schröder, Carsten - 2013

In many federations, fiscal equalization schemes soften fiscal imbalances across the member states. Such schemes usually imply that the member states internalize only a small fraction of the additional tax revenue from an expansion of the state-specific tax bases, while the remainder of the...

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Fiscal federalism and financial resources for regional development - co-operative and competitive models : the international experience - an example for Russia?

Seidel, Bernhard; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2000

In Western economies, the concrete design of fiscal federalism is determined by the status the federation grants to regionally comparable economic and social conditions, and to what extent this status is anchored in the constitution. If the political and social acceptance of regional differences...

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Gütesiegel als neues Instrument der Qualitätssicherung von Humandienstleistungen : Gründe, Anforderungen und Umsetzungsüberlegungen am Beispiel von Kindertageseinrichtungen

Spieß, C. Katharina; Tietze, Wolfgang - 2001

Obwohl heute ein weitgehender Konsens darüber vorliegt, dass der Qualitätssicherung bei Humandienstleistungen ein ganz besonderer Stellenwert zukommt, fehlt eine systematische Auseinandersetzung mit den Gründen und Möglichkeiten einer solchen Qualitätssicherung. Am Beispiel der Bildung,...

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Incentive effects of fiscal equalization : has Russian style improved?

Frejnkman, Lev M.; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič; … - 2009

The effects of inter-government fiscal arrangements on variation in regional economic growth are analyzed for Russia, a country with large cross-regional differences and considerable fiscal redistribution. Moreover, fiscal reforms implemented in the first half of 2000s, which followed to some...

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Does fiscal decentralisation foster regional investment in productive infrastructure?

Kappeler, Andreas; Solé-Ollé, Albert; Stephan, Andreas; … - 2012

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of revenue decentralization on the provision of infrastructure at the … sub-national level. We estimate the effects of revenue decentralization and earmarked grant financing on the level of sub … revenue decentralization and not investment in redistribution. However, the effect of revenue decentralization is lower the …

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Fiscal federalism : an international comparison

Seidel, Bernhard; Vesper, Dieter - 1999

way to combine the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and decentralization respectively. In principle, there …

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