This paper shows that actual systems of intergovernmental transfers are incompletely specified when viewed as mechanisms that operate over time, and that the norms of evolution most frequently used do not preserve the distributive properties they have at their initial position. We argue that...

As part of a process of democratization, many countries spanning Europe, Latin Amertica, Africa, and Asia are reorganizing their governments by devolving fiscal responsibility and authority to newly empowered regional and local governments. Although decentralization in each country proceeds...

Este trabajo aplica la norma de evolución HEAVE, desarrollada en el artículo previo del autor Dynamic Horizontal and Vertical Equity in Intergovernmental Transfers http://iei.uv.es:80/index.php?opcion=publicaciones, al sistema español de financiación autonómica y compara los resultados con...

This paper uses imperfect competition as a basis for modelling the export price for an aggregated commodity produced by the Norwegian private mainland economy. The long run solution is analysed using a cointegration technique. The dynamics are modelled according to two different approaches; a...