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We provide empirical estimates of the risksharing and redistributive properties of fiscal equalization among the states of the German federation. Fiscal equalization serves as a mechanism to insure state budgets against asymmetric revenue shocks, but provides almost no insurance against regional...
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Gegenstand des vorliegenden Beitrages sind die Anreizeffekte des Länderfinanzausgleichs. In methodischer Hinsicht basieren die Analysen auf einem theoretischen Modell des Staatsverhaltens sowie ökonometrischen Paneldatenmodellen. Untersucht werden dabei die Anreizeffekte des...
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Several recent studies suggest that equalizing transfers in a federal system may distort the tax policy decisions of states. We study this issue for the German federal fiscal system. In a simple theoretical model, we first identify a substitution and an income effect of equalizing transfers. Our...
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Several recent studies suggest that equalizing transfers in a federal system may distort the tax policy decisions of states. We study this issue for the German federal fiscal system. In a simple theoretical model, we first identify a substitution and an income effect of equalizing transfers. Our...
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