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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...

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Vertical income tax externalities and fiscal interdependence : evidence from the US

Esteller-Moré, Alejandro; Solé-Ollé, Albert - 1999

Concurrent taxation is a feature of many federal systems. As a consequence of this fact, the tax policy of one level of government affects the tax base of the other. This paper carries out a theoretical analysis of the interdependent tax-setting decisions of federal and regional governments,...

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Tax competition and tax structure in open federal economies : evidence from OECD countries with implications for the European Union

Goodspeed, Timothy J. - 1999 - Revised: March, 1999

Tax competition arguments suggest that governements that operate in an open economy (such as local governments) should not and will not rely on non-benefit taxes, such as the income tax. Yet we observe reliance on income taxes by local governments in many countries, and such reliance changes...

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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 …

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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 …

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Debt rule federalism : the case of Germany

Ciaglia, Sarah; Heinemann, Friedrich - 2012

markets through particularly strict budgetary rules. -- Fiscal rules ; debt brake ; Germany ; fiscal federalism …In 2009, Germany introduced a new debt rule in its federal constitution (Grundgesetz). The socalled ‘debt brake … federation. Due to bailout-guarantees enshrined in German federalism, German states do not have incentives to impress bond …

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Fiscal rules and compliance expectations : evidence for the German debt brake

Heinemann, Friedrich; Janeba, Eckhard; Schröder, Christoph - 2014

Fiscal rules have become popular to limit deficits and high debt burdens in industrialized countries. A growing literature examines their impact based on aggregate fiscal performance. So far, no evidence exists on how fiscal rules influence deficit expectations of fiscal policy makers. In the...

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German public finances through the financial crisis

Blömer, Maximilian (contributor) - 2015

The German experience of the crisis was very different compared to those of most other countries in Europe. Germany was … situation and how the crisis unfolded in Germany, before focusing on the situation of public finances. Finally, we analyse the …

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Public sector centralization and productivity growth : reviewing the German experience

Behnisch, Alexej (contributor); Büttner, Thiess (contributor) - 2002

Public sector centralization, public inputs, economic growth, fiscal federalism …

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

Büttner, Thiess - 1999

been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for … 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 …

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