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We study the fiscal consequences of municipal mergers by making use of a largescale merger reform in the German federal … panel data from 1995-2010 at the level of post-merger municipalities. We find significant reductions in (administrative … effects of voluntary and compulsory mergers vary according to further (secondary) characteristics of a merger. …
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States merge small and medium sized municipalities to achieve economies of scale. Little is known to which extent mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures. I use the synthetic control method to identify the effect of mergers of county-sized administrations in Germany (districts) on...
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We study the fiscal consequences of municipal mergers by making use of a largescale merger reform in the German federal … state of Brandenburg. In addition to being the first evaluation of an East-German merger reform, this study contributes to …
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We study the fiscal consequences of municipal mergers by making use of a largescale merger reform in the German federal … panel data from 1995-2010 at the level of post-merger municipalities. We find significant reductions in (administrative … effects of voluntary and compulsory mergers vary according to further (secondary) characteristics of a merger …
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question by making use of a merger reform in the German federal state of Brandenburg in 2003. In addition to identifying the …
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question by making use of a merger reform in the German federal state of Brandenburg in 2003. In addition to identifying the …
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Canadian National Report prepared for the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Conference on tax secrecy and transparency, Rust, Austria, July, 2012. The aim of the project is to assess how different countries regard the treatment of tax information and tax secrecy. Topics include the...
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Two opposed parties seek to influence an uninformed decision maker. They invest in acquiringinformation and select what to disclose. The decision maker then adjudicates. We compare thisbenchmark with a procedure allowing adversarial cross-examination. A cross-examiner tests theopponent in order...
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Five German leading parties and their coalitions are evaluated from the viewpoint of direct democracy. For this purpose, the positions of the parties on over 30 topical issues are compared with the results of polls of public opinion. The outcomes are summarized in the indices of popularity and...
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