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Ecological fiscal transfers in Europe : evidence-based design options of a transnational scheme
Droste, N.; Ring, I.; Santos, R.; Kettunen, M. - 2016
Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT) have recently gained attention as a promising instrument to provide incentives for nature conservation addressing public authorities. In parallel, both the EU and different European countries are exploring new mechanisms to mobilise funding to support...
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Allocation of European structural funds and strategic interactions : is there a yardstick competition between regions in the public aid for development? : Young Scientists Sessions...
Vedrine, Lionel - 2012
This paper analyzes the relationships between the degree of decentralization of public policy and the emergence of … a mechanism of 'yardstick competition' is increasing with the degree of policy decentralization. From an empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509059
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Too Small to Fail? Subnational Spending Pressures in Europe
Eyraud, Luc - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to assess whether expenditure decentralization has contributed to weakening fiscal … following questions: (1) does the form of spending decentralization affect the general government fiscal balance?; (2) is there … results indicate that current decentralization models may have some shortcomings and efforts to achieve fiscal consolidation …
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Fiscal decentralisation and economic development in selected unitary European countries
Szarowská, Irena - In: European financial and accounting journal : EFAJ 9 (2014) 1, pp. 22-40
The article provides direct empirical evidence on fiscal decentralisation and economic development in selected European countries in a period 1995-2012. The research (based on data taken from OECD Fiscal Decentralisation Database and OECD) is performed on a panel, which contains 17 unitary...
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Composition of public investment and fiscal federalism : panel data evidence from Europe
Kappeler, Andreas; Välilä, Timo - 2007
We present some stylised facts about the composition of public investment in Europe and analyse its determinants, with a special focus on the role of fiscal decentralisation. The empirical analysis is conducted both for levels of different types of public investment and for their shares in total...
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Who contributes? : a strategic approach to a European immigration policy
Russo, Giuseppe; Senatore, Luigi - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-16
Who pays for immigration control? According to the Lisbon Treaty the cost of enforcing the European border against illegal immigration shall be shared among the EU members. Nonetheless, the Treaty is vague with respect to the “appropriate measures” to adopt in order to distribute the...
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A More Equitable Approach to Cutting State Aid
Zhao, Bo - 2011
Local governments in New England rely on state aid to finance the provision of essential public services. Yet in response to the recent and ongoing fiscal crisis, state governments across the region have cut local aid deeply, often by the same percentage in each community. This across-the-board...
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Central Targets and Local Agendas : Missing Lisbon 2010
Antonelli, Maria Alessandra - 2014
In a decentralized setting, are policy targets imposed by the central government on local elected officials effective? And when? We address these questions in Italy, where the central government has set a target for childcare coverage at the municipal level for Southern regions since 2007. We...
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Monetary Disunion : The Domestic Politics of Euroland
Streeck, Wolfgang - 2014
Regional disparities within the European Union have always been perceived as an impediment to monetary integration. This is why discussions on a joint currency, from their very beginning, were linked to compensatory payments in the form of regional policy payments. Structural assistance to poor...
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How Can the East African Community Guard Against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting While Working Towards Deeper Integration? Lessons from the European Union
Titus, Afton - 2021
The East African Community (EAC) is working towards establishing deeper integrationbetween its six partner states. The EAC partner states are: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. This paper analyses the lessons the EuropeanUnion may offer the EAC in guarding against base...
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