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spending, both in current expenditure and investment spending. A positive shift in grants or taxes will in the short run lead …
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A cooperative bargaining model is adapted to the setting of local government in Norway. Aggregate consumption, the capital stock and net financial wealth in the local public sector are endogenized. The origin of intertia in the model is ascribed to incrementalism or adjustment costs in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967889
A cooperative bargaining model is adapted to the setting of local government in Norway. Aggregate consumption, the capital stock and net financial wealth in the local public sector are endogenized. The origin of intertia in the model is ascribed to incrementalism or adjustment costs in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980754
important role. As expected, a higher ratio of government consumption to investment has a debt-augmenting effect, though …, considered separately, larger budget shares of both investment and personnel expenditure are associated with lower debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225574
We construct a novel data set on the fiscal position of municipalities in the United States and document a secular decline in their financial health. Our data combines financial data from the Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFRs) of municipalities along with Census data of their revenue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030441
In recent years debt in Colorado has increased at an unsustainable rate. A debt brake is simulated for the Colorado economy. When the debt brake is triggered the spending cap imposed by the Tabor Amendment is reduced, with surplus revenue earmarked for debt reduction. The simulation analysis...
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important role. As expected, a higher ratio of government consumption to investment has a debt-augmenting effect, though …, considered separately, larger budget shares of both investment and personnel expenditure are associated with lower debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988641
a cap on the total amount of consumption and investment is not as binding as two caps, one specific for consumption and … a different one for investment spending. More specifically, the consumption variation is triggered by changes in the … level of wages and services spending, while investment relies on infrastructure movements. In addition, there is evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729173
This paper treats local governments as utility maximizing agents when they allocate resources among different service sectors. We present estimates for eight service sectors, based on a modified version of the extended linear expenditure system (ELES) and using observations at the municipal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967968
This paper treats local governments as utility maximizing agents when they allocate resources among different service sectors. We present estimates for eight service sectors, based on a modified version of the extended linear expenditure system (ELES) and using observations at the municipal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980637