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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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Governing Public-Private Partnerships: The Problem of Low-Cost Decisions

Mause, Karsten - 2019

In many cases, the expected efficiency advantages of public-private partnership (PPP) projects as a specific form of infrastructure provision did not materialize ex post. From a Public Choice perspective, one simple explanation for many of the problems surrounding the governance of PPPs is that...

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The Hold-Down Problem and the Boundaries of the Firm: Lessons from a Hidden Action Model with Endogenous Outside Option

Schnedler, Wendelin; Sunde, Uwe - 2002

This paper offers a rationale for limiting the delegation of (real) authority, which neither relies on insurance arguments nor depends on ownership structure. We analyse a repeated hidden action model in which the actions of a risk neutral agent determine his future outside option. Consequently,...

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Political preferences and public sector outsourcing

Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik - 2012

, it is somewhat surprising that many social scientists have preferred to explain government outsourcing by the pursuit of … economic efficiency. Starting out from different theories, we investigate political explanations of government outsourcing … using a Swedish data set in which outsourcing varies between municipalities and over time, as well as between services. Our …

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Choice and competition in the welfare state: Home care as the ideal quasi-market

Bergman, Mats A.; Jordahl, Henrik; Lundberg, Sofia - 2018

We study a reform by which a standardized model of choice and competition was introduced in tax-financed home care in a majority of Swedish municipalities. The market for home care is of particular interest since it is close to the ideal quasi-market. For identification, we exploit the different...

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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,...

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Regression discontinuity designs based on population thresholds: Pitfalls and solutions

Eggers, Andrew C.; Freier, Ronny; Grembi, Veronica; … - 2015

In many countries, important features of municipal government (such as the electoral system, mayors' salaries, and the number of councillors) depend on whether the municipality is above or below arbitrary population thresholds. Several papers have used a regression discontinuity design (RDD) to...

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Incentive schemes for local government: Theory and evidence from comprehensive performance assessment in England

Lockwood, Benjamin; Porcelli, Francesco - 2011

This paper studies Comprehensive Performance Assessment, an explicit incentive scheme for local government in England. Motivated by a simple theoretical political agency model, we predict that CPA should increase service quality and local taxation, but have an ambiguous effect on the efficiency...

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Bundesbeteiligung an den Kosten der Unterkunft – ein "pragmatischer" Transfer

Boettcher, Florian; Freier, Ronny; Geißler, René - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 101 (2021) 7, pp. 552-558

Die Beteiligung des Bundes an den Kosten der Unterbringung und Heizung (KdU) erfolgt seit der Einführung des SGB II 2005 mit dem Ziel, die Kommunen finanziell zu entlasten. Seitdem wurde die Bundesbeteiligung in Höhe, Struktur, Berechnung und Zweck beständig verändert. Der Beitrag zeigt, wie...

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Evolution of Fiscal Decentralisation in OECD Countries: A Club Convergence Analysis

Delgado, Francisco J.; Presno, Maria J. - In: Amfiteatru Economic 25 (2023) 63, pp. 558-574

We study the fiscal decentralisation patterns in OECD countries through a club convergence approach. Our analysis covers 30 countries spanning 1995 to 2018 and considers the noncentral expenditure and revenue sides with two perspectives, as percentage of GDP and as percentage of the total...

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