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Morgan, Peter J. - 2017

Since 1975, Viet Nam has gradually decentralized more fiscal responsibilities to local authorities. This study has two objectives: (i) to take stock of the current institutional framework for intergovernmental fiscal relations in Viet Nam, and (ii) to empirically assess the debt sustainability...

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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...

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Improving subnational government development finance in emerging and developing economies : toward a strategic approach

Smoke, Paul J. - 2019

Considerable attention has been given to enhancing subnational development finance in response to the 2008 global financial crisis and recent global development agendas, including the Sustainable Development Goals, Financing for Development, and Habitat III/New Urban Agenda. Much work on this...

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Local revenue mobilization in Romania

Moldovan, Octavian - In: European financial and accounting journal : EFAJ 11 (2016) 3, pp. 107-124

As public institutions are faced with more diverse and increased community needs, significant concern arises (both in academia and practice) for the dwindling resources available at the local level and the factors which can influence local revenue mobilization. Using data for 3,227 Romanian...

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Frameworks for central-local government relations and fiscal sustainability

Morgan, Peter J.; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016

stability and sustainability at both the central and local government levels. Based upon the evidence on the decentralization …

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Fiscal decentralization and local budget deficits in Viet Nam : an empirical analysis

Morgan, Peter J.; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016

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Fiscal decentralization and electoral participation : analyzing districts in Indonesia

Farah, Alfa - 2019

Many countries have adopted decentralization policies in order to strengthen democratic governance. Nevertheless …, empirical literature on whether decentralization actually strengthens democratic governance is relatively limited when compared … to empirical literature on the impact of decentralization on a wide array of fiscal or economic variables. Therefore …

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Reducing socio-economic differences between municipalities in Israel

Machlica, Gabriel - 2020

Despite being one of the smallest countries in the OECD, Israel is marked by significant socio-economic disparities, which have a clear spatial dimension. Ethnic and religious groups with weak socio-economic outcomes are not benefitting from the thriving high-tech sector in the centre of the...

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Enhancing administrative and fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic

Sila, Urban; De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2020

There is considerable regional variation in incomes and poverty in the Czech Republic and gaps have grown over time. With the highest number of municipalities per head in the OECD, subnational government is very fragmented and the resulting lack of capacity at the local level reduces the quality...

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Local authority tax policy in Poland : evidence from the Union of Polish metropolises

Felis, Paweł; Rosłaniec, Henryk - 2019

Local taxes and the related taxing power are significant determinants of public authority decentralization. Local taxes …

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