prohibiting abstention, strategic behavior, and/or coordination may reduce efficiency …

government spending. Our model's structure is adapted from Jack Hirshleifer's (1970) use of the state-preference theory of …' observed bias. Finally, insofar as reward structures are determined by the budget makers' political masters, we would not … discount the possibility that this bias ultimately reflects the interests and preferences of their masters, although the more …

subnational governments by transferring additional tasks. This paper analyzes the efficiency of public spending on an intermediate … government level for a sample of 96 départements in metropolitan France in 2008. Spending efficiency is measured using Data … between 10 and 22 percent, depending on model specification. To explain efficiency, a bootstrapped truncated regression …

This paper discusses how taxation may affect migration, economic efficiency and income distribution. The institutional …

, this paper corrects the bias found in the efficiency gap with the ‘equal districts efficiency gap equation' which produces …The ‘efficiency gap' method has gained notoriety recently by playing an important role in framing the Gill v Whitford … gerrymandering case decided in Wisconsin and heard by the US Supreme Court. The story of the efficiency gap is captivating as it …