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The Economic Approach to Political Borders
Spolaore, Enrico - 2022
This paper overviews theoretical and empirical contributions that study political borders from an economic perspective. It reviews theories of the number and size of nations focused on the trade-off between economies of scale in public-good provision and heterogeneity of preferences over public...
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Governos estaduais no ambiente federativo inaugurado pela constituição federal de 1988: Aspectos políticos e institucionais de uma atuação constrangida
Ismael, Ricardo - 2013
This paper discusses the role of the state governments in the Brazilian federative system in the post-1988 Federal Constitution period, which is much characterized by cooperative and competitive mechanisms between the Union and the states and among the states themselves. The state governments...
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An evaluation of the 2003 tax reform effort in Brazil
Werneck, Rogério L. F. - 2004
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Is Secessionism Mostly About Income or Identity? A Global Analysis of 3,003 Subnational Regions
Desmet, Klaus; Ortuño Ortín, Ignacio; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This paper analyzes whether the propensity to secede by subnational regions responds mostly to differences in income per capita or to distinct identities. We explore this question in a quantitative political economy model where people's willingness to finance a public good depends on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373820
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Is Secessionism Mostly about Income or Identity? A Global Analysis of 3,003 Subnational Regions
Desmet, Klaus; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This paper analyzes whether the propensity to secede by subnational regions responds mostly to differences in income per capita or to distinct identities. We explore this question in a quantitative political economy model where people's willingness to finance a public good depends on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426419
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The construction of national identities
Almagro, Milena; Andrés-Cerezo, David - In: Theoretical Economics 15 (2020) 2, pp. 763-810
steady states and extreme levels of (de)centralization. We also find the ability to foster a common identity is highly …
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Fiscal federalism and decentralization in India
Singh, Nirvikar - 2007
This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with … services such as water, sanitation, education and health care, and the impacts of decentralization on service quality and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322717
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The dynamics of reform of India's federal system
Singh, Nirvikar - 2007
This paper analyzes the process of reform of India's federal system, with a focus on fiscal federalism. We first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322727
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Fiscal federalism and decentralization in India
Singh, Nirvikar - 2007
This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with … services such as water, sanitation, education and health care, and the impacts of decentralization on service quality and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285343
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Fiscal Federalism and Income Inequality: An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Christian; Schaltegger, Christoph A.; … - 2018
This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically … setting in Switzerland to study the issue empirically. According to our findings tax decentralization tends to reduce … consider the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation as inequality decreasing effects of decentralization are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957223