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Zurück zum Trennsystem als Königsweg zu mehr Föderalismus in Zeiten des „Aufbau Ost“? / Back to a Divided Tax System as an „Ideal Way“ for Reinforcing German Federalism in Times of...

Lenk, Thomas; Schneider, Friedrich - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 219 (1999) 3-4, pp. 409-437

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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Constitutional Reform in California: The Surprising Divides

Binder, Mike; Frisby, Tammy; Kousser, Thad B - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 2

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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Lessons from Recent State Constitutional Conventions

Kogan, Vladimir - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 2

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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What Charter Reform Commissions Can Teach Us About a Proposed Constitutional Convention in California

Sonenshein, Raphael - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 2

With all that is at stake in reforming the government of the nations 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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What Democrats Must Give Up to Restore True Majority Rule to California's Legislature

Kousser, Thad B - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 3

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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Zum Problem räumlicher Nutzen-Spillover zentralörtlicher Leistungen. Einige empirische Ergebnisse aus dem Schweizer Föderalismus / Inter-jurisdictional Spillover Effects from Centr...

Schaltegger, Christoph A. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 223 (2003) 2, pp. 159-175

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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Budget Strategy: A Survey of California County Governments

Sun, Jinping - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 1

address the problems of federalism, health care and pension systems. …

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The Devolution of Immigrant Policymaking in the USA and Its Implications

Thangasamy, Andrew - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 4 (2012) 2, pp. 77-94

Abstract The growing trend of state and local-level policymaking for undocumented immigrants in the USA since the passage of the federal Illegal Immigrant Responsibility and Immigration Act (IIRIR) in 1996 raises some important questions. While states and localities have moved in different...

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Confidence, Perception, and Politics in California: The Determinants of Attitudes toward Taxes by Level of Government

Wallsten, Kevin; Park, Gene - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy (2015)

Abstract California faced a tremendous fiscal challenge in the wake of the 2008 recession. With high political hurdles to raising taxes, the state and local governmentswere forced to appeal directly to voters through ballot initiatives. Debates over these ballot initiatives, however, took place...

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Beyond Traditional Borders: A New Proposal for Federalism

Frey, Bruno S. - In: The Economists' Voice 2 (2005) 2

citizens more effectively. However, it is also faced with major problems. Therefore, a new kind of democratic federalism for … Europe is proposed which maintains the great advantages of federalism but which overcomes its most important weaknesses …

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