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Do party ties increase transfer receipts in cooperative federalism? - evidence from Germany
Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2020
Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers. We study how parliamentary representation of municipalities on the federal level influences the allocation of federal transfers to municipal governments under this type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291881
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Do party ties increase transfer receipts in cooperative federalism? : evidence from Germany
Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2022 - This version: 22nd August 2022
Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers. We study how parliamentary representation of municipalities on the federal level influences the allocation of federal transfers to municipal governments under this type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013399870
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Do Party Ties Increase Transfer Receipts in Cooperative Federalism? - Evidence from Germany
Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Koehler, Ekkehard A. - 2021
Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers. We study how parliamentary representation of municipalities on the federal level influences the allocation of federal transfers to municipal governments under this type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315289
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Partial fiscal decentralization and sub-national government fiscal discipline : empirical evidence from OECD countries
Asatryan, Zareh; Feld, Lars P.; Geys, Benny - 2015
Recent theoretical research suggests that financing sub-national governments’ expenditure out of own revenue sources is linked to more responsible budgeting, because the financial implications of spending decisions then are internalized within a jurisdiction. We test this proposition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498622
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Depressing dependence? : transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah - 2016
Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions. Since these transfers are often paid with the aim of achieving regional convergence, they should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522145
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Vertical effects of fiscal rules : the Swiss experience
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P. - 2016
-jurisdictional effects of fiscal rules, vertical effects on the finances of other levels of government have yet to be explored thoroughly … examining aggregated and disaggregated local data. A Difference-in-Differences estimation (twoway fixed effects) provides little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410014
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Vertical effects of fiscal rules : the Swiss experience
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P. - 2014
-jurisdictional effects of fiscal rules, vertical impacts on the finances of other levels of governments have yet to be explored thoroughly … examining cantonal aggregated and disaggregated local data. A Difference-in-Differences estimation (two-way fixed effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424734
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Fiscal decentralization and economic growth in OECD countries : is there a relationship?
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P. - 2009
We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 by using new panel data on sub-federal tax autonomy. While initial estimations suggest that fiscal decentralization causes lower growth rates, we find that this result is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003871924
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Partial Fiscal Decentralization and Sub-National Government Fiscal Discipline : Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries
Asatryan, Zareh - 2015
Recent theoretical research suggests that financing sub-national governments' expenditure out of own revenue sources is linked to more responsible budgeting, because the financial implications of spending decisions then are internalized within a jurisdiction. We test this proposition empirically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024369
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Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries : Is There a Relationship?
Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2009
We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 by using new panel data on sub-federal tax autonomy. While initial estimations suggest that fiscal decentralization causes lower growth rates, we find that this result is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157658