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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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What determines local governments' technical efficiency? : the case of road maintenance
Kalb, Alexander - 2009
In this paper we investigate the determinants of local governments' technical efficiency in road maintenance for a panel of German counties using a broad variety of estimation approaches. More specifically, we calculate efficiency indices using non-parametric (DEA) and parametric (stochastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880933
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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
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Do digital information technologies help unemployed job seekers find a job? : evidence from the broadband internet expansion in Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Diegmann, André; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2018
. We combine data on high-speed (broadband) internet availability at the local level with individual register data on the … unemployed in Germany. We address endogeneity by exploiting technological peculiarities in the network that affected the roll …-out of high-speed internet. The results show that high-speed internet improves reemployment rates after the first months of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863973
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Public ICT investment in reaction to the economic crisis : a case study on measuring IT-related intangibles in the public sector
Saam, Marianne; Weinhardt, Laura; Trottner, Lukas - 2016
budget in Germany. Based on project descriptions, we find out that half of the spending was on IT security-related projects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011570573
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Decentralizing university admission : evidence from a natural experiment
Horstschräer, Julia - 2012
analysis uses administrative data on all students within Germany and complements the prominent theoretical literature on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668475
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Institutional childcare : an overview on the German market
Muehler, Grit (contributor) - 2008
system is Germany where most of the childcare centres are operated by local authorities and non-profit organisations. Using … newly available statistical data this paper provides a descriptive overview on the market for childcare in Germany from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003761012
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Yardstick competition and policy innovation
Rincke, Johannes (contributor) - 2005
A simple model of yardstick competition between jurisdictions is presented. Governments of jurisdictions face the alternative to choose between an old and a new policy with stochastic payoffs. The new policy is superior to the old policy in one state of the world, and inferior in the other....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002591073
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The impact of taxes and public spending on the location of FDI : evidence from FDI-flows within Europe
Büttner, Thiess (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001701667
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Direct democracy and local government efficiency
Asatryan, Zareh; De Witte, Kristof - 2014
This paper studies the role of direct democracy in ensuring efficient and cost effective provision of goods and services in the public sector. The sample consists of the population of municipalities in the German State of Bavaria, where in the mid-1990s considerable direct democratic reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249630