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Zusammenfassung Ein wesentliches Problem des deutschen Finanzausgleichs ist die zu einer drastischen Einschränkung der Länderautonomie führende ungleichmäßige Verteilung der Teilkompetenzen auf die Gebietskörperschaften. Dieses Problem ließe sich durch ein Trennsystem lösen, in dem auf...
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In a survey of over 1,000 Californians, we found substantial divides in public opinion on issues related to constitutional change. Beyond partisan differences, there are racial and ethnic divides as well as unexpected differences between counties. Latinos and Asian-Americans (the growing "new"...
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Over the past 45 years, 15 American states have held constitutional conventions to confront the pressing concerns of the day. These conventions pursued markedly different paths toward constitutional reform, and achieved widely varying degrees of success. The experience of these states provides...
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With all that is at stake in reforming the government of the nation’s largest state, with responsibility for the welfare of 38 million Californians, we know very little about how to make a constitutional convention work. How large should the convention be? Should delegates be elected or...
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This brief essay explains how the Suspense File works, explores its effects on voting patterns and policy outcomes, and outlines options for reform. It draws on evidence from Cox, Kousser, and McCubbins (2010), an article that will appear in a 2010 issue of the leading peer-reviewed Journal of...
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Summary The theory of fiscal federalism considers inter-jurisdictional spillover effects as a serious problem for an …-jurisdictional spillover effects in the Swiss federalism. The Swiss federalism is highly fragmented, the sub-federal jurisdictions have … considerable tax power and the economic potential of the jurisdictions is very diverse. Thus, the Swiss federalism represents a …
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priori . Thus, we test empirically whether de jure federalism and/or de facto federalism are each a good predictor of control … de jure federalism nor de facto federalism matters as much as other dimensions of governance. However, in countries with … poor governance, de jure federalism may have an adverse effect on control of corruption. A developing economy, which ranks …
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national level. Moral federalism describes a phenomenon where the majority of people who favor a restrictive policy try to …
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federalism describes a phenomenon where the majority of people who favor a restrictive policy try to impose their preferences …
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address the problems of federalism, health care and pension systems.  …
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