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Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism

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

This paper exploits the introduction of the right of referenda at the local level in the German state of Bavaria in 1995 to study the fiscal effects of direct democracy. In the first part of the paper, we establish the relationship between referenda activity and fiscal performance by using a new...

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Balanced budget rules and fiscal outcomes : evidence from historical constitutions

Asatryan, Zareh; Castellon, Cesar; Stratmann, Thomas - 2016

This paper studies the long-run fiscal consequences of balanced budget rules (BBR) that are enshrined in a country's constitution. Using historical data dating back to the 19th century and applying a difference-in-difference approach we find that the introduction of a constitutional-BBR reduces...

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Balanced budget rules and fiscal outcomes : evidence from historical constitutions

Asatryan, Zareh; Castellón, César; Stratmann, Thomas - 2016

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Remittances and Public Finances : Evidence from Oil-Price Shocks

Asatryan, Zareh - 2016

We study the effect of inflowing remittances - a major source of capital for many countries - on tax-revenues and tax-policy. Instrumenting remittances with changes in the oil-price interacted with a country's distance to oil-producing countries, we find that remittances have a large positive...

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The evolving functions and organization of finance ministries

Allen, Richard; Hurcan, Yasemin; Murphy, Peter; … - 2015

There is relatively little literature that analyses the role, functions, and organization of finance ministries. The …’s history and institutional context. Over the past 30 years many finance ministries have moved from a “traditional” to an …’s–length agencies or line ministries. The paper describes the challenges facing developing countries in strengthening their finance …

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A snapshot of public finance research from immediately prior to the pandemic : IIPF 2020

Agrawal, David R.; Davies, Ronald B.; LaLumia, Sara; … - In: International tax and public finance 28 (2021) 5, pp. 1276-1297

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A snapshot of public finance research from immediately prior to the pandemic : IIPF 2020

Agrawal, David R.; Davies, Ronald B.; LaLumia, Sara; … - 2021

public finance economists are researching. Because the 2020 International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) Congress … Tax and Public Finance (ITAX), reflect on interesting papers that were presented at this internationally representative …

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Review of the public financial management reform : strategy for Pacific Island Countries, 2010-2020

Allen, Richard; El Rayess, Majdeline; Doherty, Laura; … - 2020

the period 2010-2020. The strategy was endorsed by the finance and economic ministers of the region (FEMM) in 2010. The … reforms and leadership by finance ministries are critical. PFTAC's advice is highly regarded across the region, and it could …

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Balanced budget rules and fiscal outcomes : evidence from historical constitutions

Asatryan, Zareh; Castellon, Cesar; Stratmann, Thomas - 2016 - This version: September 19, 2016

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Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Grigoriadis, … - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 119 (2017) 3, pp. 801-820

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