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Local governments in the wake of demographic change : efficiency and economies of scale in German municipalities

Geys, Benny (contributor); Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2007

German municipalities are expected to suffer from (often significant) population losses in the upcoming decades. We assess these local governments’ vulnerability to the fiscal consequences of this demographic decline through two means (using a sample of 1021 municipalities in the state of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480058

The indirect effects of direct democracy : local government size and non-budgetary voter initiatives

Asatryan, Zareh - 2014

Recently a wide and empirically-backed consensus has emerged arguing that direct democratic control over government's spending decisions through initiatives and referenda constrains government size. But what happens if budgetary matters are excluded from the voters' right of the initiative? I...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229890

The impact of intergovernmental grants on cost efficiency : theory and evidence from German municipalities

Kalb, Alexander (contributor) - 2008

In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on the cost effciency of local jurisdictions. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of fiscal equalization or an increase in the amount of grants received...

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Intergovernmental grants and public input provision : theory and evidence from Germany

Hauptmeier, Sebastian (contributor) - 2007

This paper uses a simple model of fiscal competition between local jurisdictions to analyse the impact of intergovernmental grants on the composition of public spending. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of ʺfiscal equalisationʺ coincides with a smaller overall...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003412064

Efficient revenue sharing and upper level governments : theory and application to Germany

Büttner, Thiess (contributor); … - 2006

in Germany. The results suggest that attempts of state level governments to extract fiscal resources from the local …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301132

Revenue autonomy preference in German state parliaments

Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2013

Fiscal federalism in Germany is characterized by lacking sub-national tax autonomy and intensive fiscal equalization …

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Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany

Büttner, Thiess - 1999

actually favors stabilization. In an empirical analysis for Germany, the paper adds support for the finding of significant … regional stabilization by fiscal flows. The results indicate that about 17 % of GDP variation across West Germany's states has … been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for …

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Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Grigoriadis, … - 2013

-in-discontinuity (DiD) design. By studying direct legislation in an archetypical cooperative federation as Germany, our paper extends the …

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Who's coming to the rescue? : revenue-sharing slumps and implicit bailouts during the Great Recession

Foremny, Dirk; Solé-Ollé, Albert - 2016

This paper analyzes the distribution of discretionary transfers from higher tiers of government in the process of fiscal adjustment in local jurisdictions which were hit by a negative revenue shock in formula transfers. Spanish local governments experienced a 30% fall in their revenue-sharing...

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Conditional grants, grant-seeking and welfare when there is government failure on the subordinate level

Bischoff, Ivo (contributor) - 2008

The paper addresses the welfare implications of conditional grants if government failure leads to inefficiencies in the production of regional public goods and services. Conditional grants may improve welfare by setting incentives for regions to improve efficiency. At the same time, resources...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003721786

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