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tenative, since there remain questions about transparency and soft budget constraints (Plekhanov 2006). We show federalism at … allocations and spending requirements. Supportive of the conclusion in Chebankova (2008), the term adaptive federalism applies to …
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The paper considers the influence of federal government expenditures and transfers on interregional convergence in gross regional product (GRP) per capita and wages in Russia over 2005-2011. Such an influence is not found. The federal government's policy was reactive and was not focused on...
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implementation of the subsidiarity principle in the area of the provision of public services. Due to the recent opportunities … (limited federalism) for regions in Italy to establish their own government system and philosophy, Lombardy has made the best … of these opportunities by using the principle of subsidiarity. Applying this principle to a governance model offers a …
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In federal countries, such as the U.S., the fiscal authority consists not of one, but many governments, with state governments accounting for a sizable share of expenditures. We analyze how state partisanship of politicians affects state fiscal policy and quantify the possible macroeconomic...
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conditions and interests. Specificity of modern Russian federalism lies in the history of the formation and organization of its … territories . Introduction of federalism in a state management practices in Russia in early 1990s. occurred in the wave of … accordance with a level of the Russian economy and its spatial structure. The introduction of more democratic forms of federalism …
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Scotland is engaged in a lively and on-going debate on greater fiscal autonomy and independence, which is politically controversial, especially in respect of tax-varying powers. The Scottish Parliament has the power to make a balanced-budget adjustment in public expenditure by varying the basic...
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The identification of strategic interactions among local governments is typically plagued by endogeneity problems. This paper proposes a quasi-experimental strategy to identify independent personal income tax setting by Swiss municipalities making use of the multi-tier federal system. State...
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