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Zentralisieren durch Dezentralisierung? : die Reform der Kommunalfinanzen in Georgien

Ehrke, Jürgen - Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Wirtschafts- und … - 2007

apparent aim to decentralize legislative and executive powers. This paper shows that the Georgian efforts of decentralization …

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The impact of economic openness on the vertical structure of the public sector

Sciala', Antonio; Liberati, Paolo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", … - 2008

public spending. Consequences on the degree of decentralization are investigated. The main findings are that for a large … decentralization. …

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Steuerverteilung und Finanzausgleich September 2007

Gamsachurdia, Giwi - Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Wirtschafts- und … - 2007

This paper analyzes fundamental shortcomings in the Georgian legal bases in both the constitution and the tax code with regard to a sustainable fiscal policy. It shows that the lack of experience with sharing political powers and competences among the administrative levels create centralizing...

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DECENTRALIZATION, GROWTH AND OPTIMAL GOVERNMENT SIZE IN THE ITALIAN REGIONAL FRAMEWORK

Liddo, Giuseppe Di; Magazzino, Cosimo; Porcelli, Francesco - Centro di Ricerca sull'Economia delle Istituzioni … - 2015

well as the relationship between public expenditure and decentralization, for Italian regions in the 1997-2009 period … expenditure on GDP) and the economic growth rate. The main results are twofold. First, when the degree of decentralization is … reasonably low (below the 31% of expenditure decentralization), a BARS curve has been successfully discovered, and the optimal …

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Will an asymmetrical system of fiscal decentralisation resolve the conflicts in the republic of Georgia?

Kirn, Tanja; Khokrishvili, Elguja - Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Wirtschafts- und … - 2008

This paper discusses the problems regarding the decentralisation of a formerly communist country. In Georgia, the first steps towards decentralisation failed, since the transition process led to a power vacuum that escalated in bloody conflicts and secessionist movements. The status of Abkhazia...

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Actual and potential impact of EMU on economic and budgetary policies of the EU

Szelag, Konrad - Narodowy Bank Polski - 2007

EMU and the euro have been existing for more than seven (almost eight) years. As it is known, EMU –and in particular the proper functioning of the single currency – requires the appropriate policy mix. But there is the significant macroeconomic and institutional imbalance within the euro...

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Voting in federal elections for local public goods in a fiscally centralized economy

Kochi, Ikuho; Rodríguez, Raúl A. Ponce - In: Estudios Económicos 26 (2011) 1, pp. 123-149

In this paper we develop a probabilistic voting model of inter-gov\-ern\-men\-tal transfers to explain the distribution and size of local public goods. We find that: i) The parties’ political competition for votes induces the central government to provide regional transfers that lead to Pareto...

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Las transferencias intergubernamentales y el tamaño del gobierno federal

Rodríguez, Raúl Alberto Ponce - Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad … - 2011

In this article we study the role of inter-regional externalities of public goods, equity, and electoral competition in determining the budget of the central government on local public goods. The main results of the paper are: first, our model predicts that the federal budget on local public...

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Public Property Privatization in France

Bizet, Bernard - ESSEC Business School - 2004

prepared personnel; the decentralization constraint should be considered according to the relocation of public services; a rent …

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Local Public Finances and Municipal Reform in Finland

André, Christophe; García, Clara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public services. In recent years, their spending and debt has been increasing steadily, especially because of population ageing and increases in the cost of health care and social...

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