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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 cause an increase in inter-county inequality, while the...
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Developing Composite Indicators for Fiscal Decentralization: Which Is The Best Measure For Whom?
Gu, Gyun Cheol - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
presents two new composite measures. The new fiscal decentralization indicators are symmetric in terms of the relative effects …
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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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The System of Revenue Sharing and Fiscal Transfers in China
Wang, Xiao; Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a multi-level government structure that shares national tax revenues through a system of tax sharing and transfers, and divides spending assignments and responsibilities. Local...
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Fiscal Illusion at the Local Sphere: An Empirical Test of the Flypaper Effect using South African Municipal Data
Amusa, Hammed; Mabunda, Robert; Mabugu, Ramos - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2008
fiscal illusion hypothesis. Empirical results indicate that the marginal effects of municipal own-source revenues on local …
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BOLIVIAN SUB-NATIONAL REVENUES: A REVIEW
Muriel, Beatriz - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2011
This papers reviews main topics concerning sub-national revenues (intergovernmental transfers and taxes) and discusses some policy options to develop own sub-national revenues. The review covers the political-legal framework and the fiscal outcomes, finding that: i) intergovernmental transfers...
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Local Spending, Transfers and Costly Tax Collection
Aragon, Fernando - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University - 2012
This paper studies the effect of costly taxation on the fiscal response of local governments to intergovernmental transfers. Using a panel dataset of Peruvian municipalities, I find robust evidence that central government's grants have a greater stimulatory effect in municipalities facing higher...
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Intergovernmental transfers and fiscal effort in Peruvian local governments
Aragon, Fernando; Gayoso, Vilma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to identify the causal relationship between intergovernmental transfers and fiscal effort. Empirical evidence from Peruvian municipalities supports a negative relation. The substitution effect is decreasing on the level of municipalities’ expenditure and tends to...
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Does fiscal decentralization mitigate the adverse effects of corruption on public deficits?
Oto-Peralías, Daniel; Romero-Ávila, Diego; Usabiaga, … - In: European Journal of Political Economy 32 (2013) C, pp. 205-231
addressing the effects of corruption on public deficits through fiscal decentralization. For a sample of 31 OECD countries over … the period 1986–2010, we find that fiscal decentralization contributes to mitigating the adverse effects of corruption on … public deficits. In addition, our findings indicate diversity in the effects of fiscal decentralization, in that it appears …
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Can fiscal decentralization alleviate government consumption volatility?
Furceri, Davide; Sacchi, Agnese; Salotti, Simone - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
literature that mainly deals with the effects of the former on government size. Using data for 97 developed and developing …
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