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Status quo on fiscal decentralisation in Mongolia
Lkhagvadorj, Ariunaa - 2007
revenues in Mongolia are urgently needed. -- Fiscal decentralisation ; fiscal federalism ; intergovernmental relations ; local …
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Does Fiscal Decentralisation Foster Regional Investment in Productive Infrastructure?
Kappeler, Andreas - 2012
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of revenue decentralization on the provision of infrastructure at the … sub-national level. We estimate the effects of revenue decentralization and earmarked grant financing on the level of sub … of the theory on fiscal federalism. We find that it is sub-national infrastructure investment that increases after …
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Does fiscal decentralization foster regional investment in productive infrastructure?
Kappeler, Andreas; Solé-Ollé, Albert; Stephan, Andreas; … - 2012
sub-national governments. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of revenue decentralization on the provision of … infrastructure at the sub-national level. We estimate the effects of revenue decentralization and earmarked grant financing on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522639
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Improving service delivery through decentralization : a challenge for Asia
Brosio, Giorgio - 2014
This paper assesses how decentralization can contribute, if proper political and fiscal institutions are present, to … improving service delivery in Asia. In other words, decentralization is an opportunity and a challenge at the same time. The … issues leading to "partial decentralization" that is common to most models. Consideration is also given to the emerging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336939
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Local public finances and municipal reform in Finland
André, Christophe; García, Clara - 2014
Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public services. In recent years, their spending and debt has been increasing steadily, especially because of population ageing and increases in the cost of health care and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375402
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Fiscal Decentralisation and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
Freinkman, Lev - 2014
The paper provides empirical analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralisation and the quality of public services in the Russian regions. The analysis suggests that fiscal decentralisation has no significant effect on the key inputs into secondary education, such as schools,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070314
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Income Inequality, Fiscal Decentralization and Transfer Dependency
Goerl, Caroline-Antonia - 2014
on fiscal decentralization suggesting that redistribution is most effectively carried out at sub-central levels of … that the decentralization of government expenditure can help achieve a more equal distribution of income. However, several … conditions need to be fulfilled: i) the government sector needs to be sufficiently large, ii) decentralization should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053956
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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
Otoo, Isaac; Danquah, Michael - 2021
investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using … study. The results with regard to our two indicators of fiscal decentralization indicate that fiscal autonomy proxied by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545693
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The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Publicly Provided Services and Labor Markets
Bianchi, Nicola; Giorcelli, Michela; Martino, Enrica Maria - 2021
This paper studies how fiscal decentralization affects local services. It explores a 1993 reform that increased the … identification leverages cross-municipal variation in the degree of decentralization that stems from bombings during WWII …. Decentralization reduced local spending but expanded municipal services, such as nursery schools. These effects are larger in areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250403
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Partial fiscal decentralization and local government spending policy
Kopańska, Agnieszka - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 14 (2018) 3, pp. 21-31
The aim of this paper is to analyze how limits in revenue and spending autonomy of sub-sovereign governments influence their decisions. Revenue and spending autonomy indicators for Polish towns were established and used in analysis on school education expenditures during 2003–2016. The...
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