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Fiscal redistribution and social welfare
Coady, David P.; D'Angelo, Devin; Evans, Brooks - 2019
Fiscal policy is a key tool for achieving distributional objectives in advanced economies. This paper embeds the discussion of fiscal redistribution within the standard social welfare framework, which lends itself to a transparent and practical evaluation of the extent and determinants of fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009467
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Fiscal Decentralization and Governance : A Cross-Country Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 2001
Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of expenditure and revenue mobilization functions to subnational levels of government-is associated with various indicators of governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401240
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Vertical Tax Externalities in the Theory of Fiscal Federalism
Keen, Michael - 1997
Vertical tax externalities between levels of government can occur in federal structures, with responses to the tax … governments co-occupy the same tax base. This paper examines these externalities by considering their implications for a range of … issues in fiscal federalism: the relationship between state and federal tax rates, the equilibrium levels of these taxes, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403318
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Regional disparities and fiscal federalism in Russia
Dynnikova, Oksana; Kyobe, Annette; Slavov, Slavi - 2021
This paper examines how regional disparities have evolved in Russia and how Russia's system of intergovernmental fiscal relations is managing these disparities. Regional disparities have fallen over the past two decades but remain relatively high. Socioeconomic outcomes remain worse in lagging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613358
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Designing sound fiscal relations across government levels in decentralized countries
Boadway, Robin W.; Eyraud, Luc - 2018
This paper discusses how decentralized countries can achieve sound fiscal relations between the central government and lower government levels. The concepts of 'vertical gap' and 'vertical balance' provide an analytical framework for identifying and addressing key challenges. These concepts can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978597
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Measuring Fiscal Decentralization : Exploring the IMF’s Databases
International Monetary Fund - 2011
Conventional wisdom postulates that there are benefits from decentralizing government finances but there is little empirical evidence about actual country practices. This paper presents data on fiscal decentralization for about 80 countries over a period of about 20 years (1990-2008) from the...
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Narrowing vertical fiscal imbalances in four European countries
Karpowicz, Izabela - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572314
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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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Uganda : Managing More Effective Decentralization
Brosio, Giorgio - 2006
This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400265
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On the Implementation of Transfers to Subnational Governments
Searle, Bob - 2005
This paper examines a typology of grants that are used across the world, and places these in the context of the overall constitutional and legal framework for a country. It looks at the options for grants, given the need to maintain overall macroeconomic stability, efficiency in the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400732