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Using a discontinuous grant rule to identify the effect of grants on local taxes and spending
Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva; Rattsø, Jørn; Ågren, Martin - 2006
When investigating the effects of federal grants on the behavior of lower-level governments, it is hard to defend the handling of grants as an exogenous factor affecting local governments; federal governments often set grants based on characteristics and performance of local governments. In this...
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How local are local governments? Heterogeneous effects of intergovernmental grants
Nilsson, Heléne L. - 2009
rates of general, non-targeted grants to Finnish municipalities. This is done in a difference-in-difference model utilizing … policy-induced increases in grants to three groups of remotely populated municipalities. The results show no statistically …, significant effect for two out of the three groups of treated municipalities but a likely null or even negative effect for the …
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Innovative financing for city infrastructure investment by increasing the rate of return from spillover tax revenues
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Hendriyetty, Nella; Lakhia, Saloni; … - 2019
The growing trend of urban city development requires various infrastructure investments, including water supply, electricity, sanitation, transportation, and other supporting facilities. In facing this challenge, many Asian countries experience significant constraints, particularly on the issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254961
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Will Destination-Based Taxes be Fully Exploited when Available? An Application to the U.S. Commodity Tax System
Agrawal, David R.; Mardan, Mohammed - 2018
We develop a tax competition model that allows for the setting of both an origin-based and a destination-based commodity tax rate in the presence of avoidance and evasion. In the presence of evasion, jurisdictions will give cross-border shoppers tax preferential treatment, thus not fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957181
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Using a discontinuous grant to identify the effect of grants on local taxes and spending
Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva; Rattsø, Jørn - 2006
When investigating the effects of federal grants on the behavior of lower-level governments, it is hard to defend the handling of grants as an exogenous factor affecting local governments; federal governments often set grants based on characteristics and performance of local governments. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264024
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Does the method adopted for distribution of services by amalgamating municipalities affect expenditure after amalgamation? Evidence from Japan
Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi; Miyashita, Tomohisa - 2013
Municipal boundary reform (municipal amalgamation) has been done in many countries in recent years as the result of a push to enlarge the size and coverage of local government units, which in turn is driven mainly by the prospect of economies of scale. However, in a notable body of previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294367
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Die Notwendigkeit der Einwohnerwertung
Zimmermann, Horst - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 8, pp. 534-538
In der Klage der Länder Bayern und Hessen vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht gegen den Länderfinanzausgleich spielt die Einwohnergewichtung der Stadtstaaten eine große Rolle. Es lässt sich zeigen, dass diese gerechtfertigt ist, weil die Einwohner von Stadtstaaten - wenn sie dem kommunalen...
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Municipality amalgamation in Japan: A survival analysis of the timings of the amalgamation process
Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi; Miyashita, Tomohisa - 2013
both forming the amalgamation committee and completing amalgamation. The results show that municipalities that depend on …. Further, municipalities that have high local public debt tend not to form committees. These findings show that the central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333495
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Verteilungssymmetrie im vertikalen Teil des kommunalen Finanzausgleichs Schleswig-Holsteins
Lamouroux, Léa; Thöne, Michael - 2016
distributional asymmetry of means to the benefit of the municipalities. In comparison with other Länder (e.g. Lower Saxony …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290139
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Cooperación intermunicipal: Revisión rápida de evidencia
Nina Baltazar, Osvaldo; Berdeja, Daniela - 2021
medium-sized municipalities because they were more likely to benefit from cooperation. These achievements also depend on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013162469