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Federalism and economic development in India: An assessment
Singh, Nirvikar; Srinivasan, T.N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper examines India’s federal system in the context of prospects for India’s future economic growth and development. After a brief review of India’s recent policy reforms and economic development outcomes, and of the country’s federal institutions, the analysis focuses on the major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787082
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Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization in Mongolia
Lkhagvadorj, Ariunaa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
transition countries have developed a variety of forms of fiscal decentralization as a possible strategy to achieve effective and … efficient governmental structures. A generalized principle of decentralization due to the country specific circumstances does … not exist. Therefore, decentralization has taken place in different forms in various countries at different times, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839209
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The Political Economy of India’s Fiscal Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This article examines recent and potential reforms in India’s fiscal federal system. We summarize key federal institutions in India, including tax and expenditure assignments, and mechanisms for Center-state transfers. We discuss the institutional process by which reforms can and do take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837483
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Intergovernmental transfers and fiscal effort in Peruvian local governments
Aragon, Fernando; Gayoso, Vilma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to identify the causal relationship between intergovernmental transfers and fiscal effort. Empirical evidence from Peruvian municipalities supports a negative relation. The substitution effect is decreasing on the level of municipalities’ expenditure and tends to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619493
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State Finances in India: A Case for Systemic Reform
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper provides a self-contained overview of the present problems of state finances in India. It begins with an overview of historical evolution and current institutional structures, including economic, political, administrative and fiscal aspects of India’s federal system. The paper then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619591
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Intergovernmental Transfers and Re-Election Concerned Politicians
Hickey, Ross - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper studies intergovernmental transfers. Many intergovernmental transfers are said to serve political purposes. We augment a standard model of political career concerns to allow for multilevel governance. When elections are simultaneous, there is no equilibrium with non-zero transfers as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756496
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The effects of fiscal autonomy on the size of public sector and the strength of political budget cycles in local expenditure
Köppl Turyna, Monika; Kula, Grzegorz; Balmas, Agata; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We analyze the effects of political business cycles and fiscal autonomy on the expenditure categories of Polish municipalities. Using System GMM technique, we find convincing evidence for strong political business cycles in almost all expenditure categories, and in particular for the categories...
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El Sistema de Contabilidad Gubernamental que mejorará la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas en México
Sour, Laura - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
for more fiscal decentralization. Within this subject, this paper has the goal of contributing to the discussion on tax … fiscal decentralization policy in Mexico. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259341
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Theoretical Perspective of Local Government - Literature Review
Haqu, Adnan ul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
“This research paper discusses the basic fundamentals of local government in theoretical perspective. The aim of this paper is to critically evaluate the conceptual framework of local government with its significance in the modern era. Various approaches of local government are discussed in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260087
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Effects of health care decentralization in Spain from a citizens’ perspective
Antón, José-Ignacio; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The aim of this article is to analyze the impact of the decentralization of the public national health system in Spain … Barometer 1996-2009 and taking advantage of the exogeneity of the different pace of decentralization across Spain, we find that …, in general, decentralization has not improved citizens’ satisfaction with different features of the health services. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260304