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Partisan Representation in Congress and the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds

Albouy, David - 2010

In a two-party legislature, districts represented by the majority may receive greater funds if majority-party legislators have greater proposal power or disproportionately form coalitions with each other. Funding types received by districts may depend on their legislators' party-identity when...

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Debt, Default, and Revenue Structure : The American State Debt Crisis in the Early 1840s

Grinath, Arthur; Wallis, John Joseph; Sylla, Richard - 2021

During the 1820s and 1830s, American state governments made large investments in canals, banks, and railroads. In the early 1840s, nine states defaulted on their debts, four ultimately repudiated all or part of their debts, and three went through substantial renegotiations. This paper examines...

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The Effect of Mandated State Education Spending on Total Local Resources

Baicker, Katherine; Gordon, Nora - 2021

Many states are under court-order to reduce local disparities in education spending. While a substantial body of literature suggests that these orders and the resulting school finance equalizations have increased the level and progressivity of state education spending, there is little evidence...

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Endogenous Decentralization in Federal Environmental Policies

Traub, Leah Goldman - 2010

simple model of the interaction between the federal and state governments in such a scheme of partial decentralization. Our …

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A Political Economy Theory of Partial Decentralization

Hatfield, John William - 2009

partial decentralization. A capital poor median voter wants to use capital taxes to provide public goods. This results in …. Decentralization provides such a commitment: local governments avoid using capital taxes due to the pressure of tax competition. We … therefore obtain that the median voter favors a partial degree of decentralization. The equilibrium degree of decentralization …

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Government Decentralization Under Changing State Capacity : Experimental Evidence from Paraguay

Dal Bo, Ernesto - 2018

Standard models of hierarchy assume that agents and middle managers are better informed than principals about how to implement a particular task. We estimate the value of the informational advantage held by supervisors – middle managers – when ministerial leadership – the principal –...

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The Political Boundaries of Ethnic Divisions

Bazzi, Samuel - 2018

This paper argues that redrawing subnational political boundaries can transform ethnic divisions. We use a natural policy experiment in Indonesia to show how the effects of ethnic diversity on conflict depend on the political units within which groups are organized. Redistricting along group...

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An Experimental Study of Decentralized Link Formation with Competition

Comola, Margherita - 2015

We design a laboratory experiment to investigate bilateral link formation in a setting where payoffs are pair-specific. Our link formation rule is decentralized and players can make link offers and counter-offers, as in a Beckerian marriage market. The game is designed in such a way that a...

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Decentralization and Efficiency of Subsidy Targeting : Evidence from Chiefs in Rural Malawi

Basurto, Pia - 2017

Developing countries spend vast sums on subsidies. Beneficiaries are typically selected via either a proxy-means test (PMT) or through a decentralized identification process led by local leaders. A decentralized allocation may offer informational or accountability advantages, but may be prone to...

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Decentralized Governance and the Quality of School Leadership

Laing, Derek - 2016

In response to widespread dissatisfaction with the schools, the 1988 Chicago School Reform Act decentralized school governance by forming elected local school councils (LSCs) responsible for principal hiring, evaluation, and contract renewal as well as other management functions. Subsequent...

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