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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442662
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010203498
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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
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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
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728661
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499738
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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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Double Bertrand tax competition : a fiscal game with governments acting as middlemen
Wagener, Andreas - 1999
In a common market with costless mobility of all factors, regional governments can attract mobile firms by granting subsidies which must be financed out of wage taxes on mobile labour. Since firms locate where subsidies are highest and workers settle where taxes are lowest, government are forced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443380
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Econometric evaluation of EU Cohesion Policy : a survey
Hagen, Tobias; Mohl, Philipp - 2009
More than one third of the European Union's total budget is spent on socalled Cohesion Policy via the structural funds. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the EU and to support convergence between the levels of development of the various European regions. Investigating the impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881569
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Geographical clustering and the effectiveness of public innovation programs
Crass, Dirk; Rammer, Christian; Aschhoff, Birgit - 2016
The paper analyzes how geographical clustering of beneficiaries might affect the effectiveness of public innovation support programs. The geographical proximity of firms operating in the same industry or field of technology is expected to facilitate innovation through knowledge spillovers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011570574