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Tax competition and the political economy of public employment : a model for Austria

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika - 2017

In this work we simulate the effects of tax autonomy of the Austrian states on the levels of public employment in each state. We show that depending on the strength of the public sector lobby, tax autonomy would require reduction of employment in the public sector between 25% and 35% of the...

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Interactions between state and federal climate change policies

Goulder, Lawrence H.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2010

interactions arise. -- Global Climate Change ; Federalism ; Cap-And-Trade ; Carbon Tax ; Regulation …

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The political economy of fiscal reform in Latin America : the case of Argentina

Bonvecchi, Alejandro - 2010

decentralization lately. Fiscal federal rules combined centralization of revenues and management in the federal government with short …

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Identifying and disentangling the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic growth

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; … - 2019

This paper revisits the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth by addressing the endogeneity … argue are strong and consistent instruments for fiscal decentralization. Empirically, we find that indeed both instruments … expenditure or revenue shares - the conventional measures of decentralization - will increase GDP per capita growth by …

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The swing voter's curse in social networks

Buechel, Berno; Mechtenberg, Lydia - 2017

We study private communication in social networks prior to a majority vote on two alternative policies. Some (or all) agents receive a private imperfect signal about which policy is correct. They can, but need not, recommend a policy to their neighbors in the social network prior to the vote. We...

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On the weights of nations : assigning voting weights in a heterogeneous union

Barberà, Salvador; Jackson, Matthew O. - 2004

Consider a voting procedure where countries, states, or districts comprising a union each elect representatives who then participate in later votes at the union level on their behalf. The countries, provinces, and states may vary in their populations and composition. If we wish to maximize the...

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Majority voting in a model of means testing

Cardak, Buly A.; Glomm, Gerhard; Ravikumar, B. - 2018

We study a model of endogenous means testing where households differ in their income and where the in-kind transfer received by each household declines with income. Majority voting determines the two dimensions of public policy: the size of the welfare program and the means-testing rate. We...

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Decentralization and intra-country transfers in the Great Recession : the case of the EU

Goodspeed, Timothy J. - 2018

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The global crisis and intergovernmental relations : revisiting the centralisation-decentralisation debate ten years on

Mello, Luiz R. de; Jalles, João Tovar - 2018

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The politics of fiscal federalism : building a stronger decentralization theorem

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