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Why not fully spend a conditional block grant?
Faber, Riemer P.; Koning, Pierre - 2012
This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for them. We argue that municipalities incur expenses to use the grant. If these costs are substantial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287657
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Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?
Faber, Riemer; Koning, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for them. We argue that municipalities incur expenses to use the grant. If these costs are substantial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010558692
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Do Tax Incentives Affect Business Location and Economic Development? Evidence from State Film Incentives
Button, Patrick - 2019
I estimate the impacts of recently-popular U.S. state film incentives on filming location, film industry employment, wages, and establishments, and spillover impacts on related industries. I compile a detailed database of incentives, matching this with TV series and feature film data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005926
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The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2021
We study the fiscal and tax response to intergovernmental grants, exploiting quasi-experimental variation within Germany's fiscal equalization scheme triggered by Census revisions of official population counts. Municipal budgets do not adjust instantly. Instead, spending and investments adapt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597515
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Cigarette Taxes and Smoking among Sexual Minority Adults
Carpenter, Christopher S.; Sansone, Dario - 2020
We provide the first quasi-experimental evidence on the relationship between cigarette taxes and sexual minority adult smoking by studying individuals in same-sex households (a large share of whom are in same-sex romantic relationships) from the 1996-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180108
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Migration elasticities, fiscal federalism and the ability of states to redistribute income
Giertz, Seth H.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2012
This paper develops a simulation model in order to examine the effectiveness of state attempts at redistribution under … a variety of migration elasticity assumptions. Key outputs from the simulation include the impact of tax …-induced migration on state revenues, excess burden, and fiscal externalities. With modest migration elasticities, the costs of state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287661
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Migration Elasticities, Fiscal Federalism and the Ability of States to Redistribute Income
Giertz, Seth H.; Tosun, Mehmet S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper develops a simulation model in order to examine the effectiveness of state attempts at redistribution under … a variety of migration elasticity assumptions. Key outputs from the simulation include the impact of tax …-induced migration on state revenues, excess burden, and fiscal externalities. With modest migration elasticities, the costs of state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163486
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Government and Cities: Contests and the Decentralization of Decision Making
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Governments do not have perfect information regarding the priorities and the needs of different groups in the economy. This lack of knowledge opens the door for different groups to lobby the government in order to receive the government?s support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262698
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Distributional Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico
Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos; Cadena, Kiyomi; Herrera, … - 2020
A rigorous understanding of the developmental effect of fiscal transfers to subnational governments remains an important policy research issue globally. This paper exploits a novel dataset of 20 years of municipal poverty maps and local public finances to study the effects on local welfare of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207829
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Government and Cities: Contests and the Decentralization of Decision Making
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Governments do not have perfect information regarding the priorities and the needs of different groups in the economy. This lack of knowledge opens the door for different groups to lobby the government in order to receive the government’s support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566744