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Badinger, Harald - 2008

This paper provides a comprehensive empirical assessment of the relation between the cyclicality of fiscal policy, output volatility, and economic growth, using a large cross-section of 88 countries over the period 1960 to 2004. Identification of the effects of (endogenous) cyclical fiscal...

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Federalism and decentralization: a critical survey of frequently used indicators

Blume, Lorenz; Voigt, Stefan - 2008

The economic effects of federalism are unclear: some papers find that federalism has strong positive effects on a number of economically relevant variables, others find negative effects. The results often crucially hinge upon the proxies for federalism used. In this paper, we critically survey...

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The economic effects of direct democracy: A cross-country assessment

Voigt, Stefan - 2006

This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Most of the results of the former intra-country studies could be confirmed. On the basis of some 30 countries, a higher degree of direct democracy leads to lower total...

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Gender-responsive public financial management: The Indian chronology of gender budgeting

Chakraborty, Lekha - 2024

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Federalism and decentralization : a critical survey of frequently used indicators

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The economic effects of direct democracy : a cross-country assessment

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Why Adopt a Federal Constitution? And Why Decentralize? – Determinants Based on a New Dataset

Gutmann, Jerg - 2017

Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component analysis. When we try to identify their main...

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Multiplier Effects of Federal Disaster-Relief Spending : Evidence from U.S. States and Households

Zhou, Xiaoqing - 2017

Can government spending have a large effect on private consumption and income? This paper uses a novel dataset on federal government disaster-relief spending, combined with both household and state-level consumption, income and employment data, to answer this question. My estimates show that the...

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Transparency in Municipalities in the Southern Region of Brazil

Macagnan, Clea Beatriz - 2018

gross domestic product (GDP). It also revealed that population, GDP and tax revenues are variables that, if jointly analysed …

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Impact of Tax and Transfers on Income Inequality and Budget Deficit : A CGE Analysis for Pakistan

Bhatti, Arshad - 2015

This paper analyzes the impact of tax and transfers on income distribution. We use a simple Computable General … Matrix (SAM) 2008 as developed by Debowicz et al (2012). To explore the impact of tax and transfers on income inequality, two … Hoover's Indexes. Our results show that a policy mix of sales tax, income tax and government expenditures helps in reducing …

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