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Democracy and governance
Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956952
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Religious heterogeneity and fiscal policy: Evidence from German reunification
Freier, Ronny; Geys, Benny; Holm, Joshua - 2013
Theoretical work based on social identity theory and in-group favoritism predicts that increased population diversity (e.g., due to immigration) reduces support for redistributive public policies. In this article, we add to the empirical literature testing this prediction in three ways. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292670
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The limits of social democracy? Tax and spend under labour, 1974 - 79
Clark, Tom - 2001
In 1974 Britain elected a Labour government pledged to expand public spending significantly. Labour followed its … programme for two years, but after that began to cut both government spending and taxation, anticipating the post-1979 … Conservative agenda. This paper examines the history of this government, using it as a test-case for various 'New Right' economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292975
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Citizen-centric governance indicators: Measuring and monitoring governance by listening to the people and not the interest groups
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2009
Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294704
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A participação das ONGS nas políticas públicas: O ponto de vista de gestores federais
Lopez, Felix Garcia; Abreu, Rafael - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372145
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Finding your right (or left) partner to merge
Freier, Ronny; Bruns, Benjamin; Schumann, Abel - 2015
We study political determinants of municipality amalgamations during a boundary reform in the German state of Brandenburg, which reduced the number of municipalities from 1,489 to 421. The analysis is conducted using an extensive data set on the political decision makers as well as fiscal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400419
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How close is your government to its people? Worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 8 (2014) 2014-3, pp. 1-61
This paper provides a unique data set on local governance. This dataset measures government decisionmaking at the local … level, i.e. the level of government closest to the people. By contrast, the existing literature has focused on … decentralization index and are then adjusted for heterogeneity to develop a government closeness index. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330076
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The significance of openness and transparency for accountability in public finances
Szołno-Koguc, Jolanta - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 14 (2018) 2, pp. 58-66
An essential condition for asserting responsibility in public finances is that they are open and transparent. The Public Finance Act mentions ways of applying the principles of openness, and also stipulates the entities obliged to present data and information on public finances. There is,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011843
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Samuelson Meets Federalism: Local Production of a National Public Good
Brueckner, Jan K.; Craig, Steven G.; Lee, Kangoh - 2019
This paper studies an overlooked phenomenon in the provision of public goods: local produc-tion of a national public good, such as the manufacture of fighter planes (which contribute to national defense) in many different jurisdictions across the country. Because local production of the national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052815
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O futuro do Estado no Brasil e seus impactos na sociedade: Questões para o desenvolvimento até 2035
Lima, Raphael Camargo; Curado, Maurício Pinheiro Fleury - 2017
In Brazil, it has been difficult to elaborate governmental planning surpassing the four-year spectrum from the Pluriannual Plans. Despite the fact of long-term planning attracting a wide range of sectors, it still occupies a small space in both political and State agendas. Hence, the present...
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