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Die Auswirkungen der Steuerreform 2000 auf die Gemeinden
Hofmann, Kai; Scherf, Wolfgang - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301407
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Fiscal transfers for biodiversity conservation: The Portuguese Local Finances Law
Santos, Rui; Ring, Irene; Antunes, Paula; Clemente, Pedro - 2010
Biodiversity loss is a serious global environmental problem. Economic instruments in biodiversity policies can contribute towards reconciling the conservation costs encountered at local level with the benefits of biodiversity conservation at higher levels of governance, from regional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304384
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Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance Reforms in the Philippines
Llanto, Gilberto M. - 2009
The paper examines the progress being made in local finance reforms and indicates pathways to advance those reforms. A summary of the effects of decentralization is given as a contextual background for the discussion of local finance reforms. The inefficient tax assignment has constrained the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421126
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Using a discontinuous grant rule to identify the effect of grants on local taxes and spending
Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva; Rattsø, Jørn; Ågren, Martin - 2006
When investigating the effects of federal grants on the behavior of lower-level governments, it is hard to defend the handling of grants as an exogenous factor affecting local governments; federal governments often set grants based on characteristics and performance of local governments. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321636
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Size, spillovers and soft budget constraints
Crivelli, Ernesto; Staal, Klaas - 2008
There is much evidence against the so-called too big to fail hypothesis in the case of bailouts to subnational governments. We look at a model where districts of different size provide local public goods with positive spillovers. Matching grants of a central government can induce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264846
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The political resource curse
Brollo, Fernanda; Nannicini, Tommaso; Perotti, Roberto; … - 2010
The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of politicians, both with theory and data. The theory is based on a version of the career concerns model of political agency with endogenous entry of political candidates. The evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269401
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»… hierbei sind die Finanzkraft und der Finanzbedarf der Gemeinden (Gemeindeverbände) zu berücksichtigen.«: Zu einigen Problemen bundesgesetzlich konstituierter Lasten der Gemeinde...
Renzsch, Wolfgang - In: ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 01, pp. 37-42
Wolfgang Renzsch, Universität Magdeburg, weist auf die Probleme bei der Bestimmung des Finanzbedarfs der Länder und Gemeinden hin.
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Municipal finance and governance in Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, and Hungary
Nam, Chang Woon; Parsche, Rüdiger; Reichl, Bettina - 2001
The recent process of political and economic transformation in eastern European countries has not only contributed to the decentralisation of political structure but also significantly enhanced the fiscal autonomy of municipalities belonging to these countries. Although the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698366
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Analyse und Weiterentwicklung des kommunalen Finanzausgleichs in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Büttner, Thiess; Holm-Hadulla, Fédéric; Parsche, Rüdiger - 2008
Finanzausgleich dient unter anderem dazu, mögliche Verwerfungen abzufangen, die sich hieraus ergeben. Um dieser Funktion gerecht zu … zentralen Themengebieten auseinander: Kapitel 2 widmet sich zunächst dem vertikalen Finanzausgleich zwischen Landes- und … Gutachten schließt mit der Diskussion ausgewählter Grundsatzfragen im Zusammenhang mit dem kommunalen Finanzausgleich in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698396
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Entlastung der Kommunen: Soziallastenfinanzierung
Junkernheinrich, Martin - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 92 (2012) 10, pp. 648-649
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290951