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The effects of fiscal autonomy on the size of public sector and the strength of political budget cycles in local expenditure
Köppl Turyna, Monika; Kula, Grzegorz; Balmas, Agata; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We analyze the effects of political business cycles and fiscal autonomy on the expenditure categories of Polish municipalities. Using System GMM technique, we find convincing evidence for strong political business cycles in almost all expenditure categories, and in particular for the categories...
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Nachhaltig und solidarisch? Ein Ausblick auf die kommenden Verhandlungen
Geißler, René - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 01, pp. 04-08
bundesstaatlichen Finanzbeziehungen »nicht die Schlechtesten«, da auch der Koalitionsvertrag bereits einige finanzielle Zugeständnisse …
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Mehr Autonomie für die Bundesländer: Ansatzpunkte zu einer grundlegenden Reform der Bund-Länder-Finanzbeziehungen
Feld, Lars P.; Schnellenbach, Jan - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 01, pp. 32-36
Lars P. Feld, Universität Freiburg und Walter-Eucken-Institut, Freiburg, und Jan Schnellenbach, Walter-Eucken-Institut, Freiburg, und Universität Heidelberg, formulieren einen Reformvorschlag, der den Finanzausgleich in seiner Gesamtheit deutlich anreizorientierter ausgestaltet.
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Vertikaler, transparenter aufgabengerechter: Agenda für einen Bund-Länder-Finanzausgleichs für das 21. Jahrhundert
Thöne, Michael - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 01, pp. 26-31
Michael Thöne, Finanzwissenschaftliches Forschungsinstitut an der Universität zu Köln, stellt einen Finanzausgleich, der das Attribut »zukunftsfest« verdient, vor.
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Finanzströme im deutschen Bundesstaat: Vertikale und horizontale Aspekte der Gewährleistung angemessener Finanzausstattungen der öffentlichen Haushalte von Bund, Ländern und Gemein...
Heinemann, André W. - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 01, pp. 15-20
André W. Heinemann, Universität Bremen, sieht die Chance, die bundesstaatliche Finanzverteilungsarchitektur durch den Abbau heute nicht mehr begründbarer Finanzströme zu entrümpeln, durch die Bündelung gleichgerichteter Finanzströme zu vereinfachen und durch Reduzierung des...
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Fiscal Decentralization, Commitment and Regional Inequality: Evidence from State-level Cross-sectional Data for the United States
AKAI, NOBUO; Hosio, Masayo - In: Journal of Income Distribution 18 (2009) 1, pp. 113-129
Conventional approaches to fiscal decentralization suggest that decentralization lowers the power of redistribution …, but recent theories argue that fiscal decentralization can work as a commitment device. The former effect is argued to … relationship between fiscal decentralization and inter-county inequality by using cross-sectional data for the United States. Our …
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Developing Composite Indicators for Fiscal Decentralization: Which Is The Best Measure For Whom?
Gu, Gyun Cheol - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The right way to measure the degree and extent of the different aspects of fiscal decentralization has been a long … sometimes needed to show a general trend in fiscal decentralization and reveal relationship to other variables in empirical … studies. In particular, several composite indicators of fiscal decentralization have been proposed, but there are very few …
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The assignment of functions and intergovernmental fiscal relations in the Philippines 20 years after decentralization
Llanto, Gilberto M. - In: Philippine Review of Economics 49 (2012) 1, pp. 37-80
The 1991 Local Government Code devolved substantial spending, taxing, and borrowing powers to local government units (LGUs). Moving governance closer to the people can generate a welfare gain, but local governments must have adequate revenues to finance local development. The paper examines the...
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Fiscal decentralization after 20 years: What have we learned? Where do we go from here?
Diokno, Benjamin E. - In: Philippine Review of Economics 49 (2012) 1, pp. 9-26
march toward fiscal decentralization might be constrained. Between reducing poverty or deepening fiscal decentralization …
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Decentralization and local government performance improving public service provision in Bolivia
Faguet, Jean-Paul - In: REVISTA DE ECONOMÍA DEL ROSARIO (2000)
This paper reviews some of the more important rationales for decentralization to date, examines their theoretical … underpinning, and the goes on to describe the elements of a nwe theory of decentralization which might take us far in our … effects of decentralization in Bolivia. We find strong evidence that devolving resources and power to local government has (i …
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