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Decentralization, vertical fiscal imbalance, and political selection
Bordignon, Massimo; Gamalerio, Matteo; Turati, Gilberto - 2013
decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of …In a career-concern model of politics with endogenous candidacy and different types of politicians, following a … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the '90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774118
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Decentralization, Vertical Fiscal Imbalance, and Political Selection
Bordignon, Massimo; Gamalerio, Matteo; Turati, Gilberto - 2021
decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of …In a career-concern model of politics with endogenous candidacy and different types of politicians, following a … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the ’90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315696
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Do equalisation payments affect subnational borrowing? : evidence from regression discontinuity
Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Pitlik, Hans - 2016
According to the fiscal federalism literature sub-central budget constraints become softer when local governments are more dependent on revenues over which they have no discretion. As a consequence of higher "transfer dependency", sub-central governments can expect to be bailed out by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561182
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Elections and de facto expenditure decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - 2014
This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the … predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two … decentralization is endogenous and depends on the relative political conditions prevailing at each level of government. Consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354073
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Fiscal Decentralization and Governance : A Cross-Country Analysis
de Mello, Luiz R. - 2006
Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of … governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and government effectiveness. Unlike previous studies in the decentralization …/governance literature, which focus primarily on expenditure-based measures of decentralization, the results reported in this paper show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782862
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Fiscal Decentralization and Centralization Under a Majority Rule : A Normative Analysis
Akai, Nobuo; Mikami, Kazuhiko - 2009
In his seminal work on fiscal federalism, Oates (1972) addressed the so-called Decentralization Theorem, which states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058981
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Decentralization, Vertical Fiscal Imbalance, and Political Selection
Bordignon, Massimo; Gamalerio, Matteo; Turati, Gilberto - 2013
decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of …In a career-concern model of politics with endogenous candidacy and different types of politicians, following a … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the '90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328849
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Decentralization, Vertical Fiscal Imbalance, and Political Selection
Bordignon, Massimo; Gamalerio, Matteo; Turati, Gilberto - 2013
decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of …In a career-concern model of politics with endogenous candidacy and different types of politicians, following a … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the '90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011739576
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Decentralization, Vertical Fiscal Imbalance, and Political Selection
Bordignon, Massimo; Gamalerio, Matteo; Turati, Gilberto - CESifo - 2013
decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of …In a career-concern model of politics with endogenous candidacy and different types of politicians, following a … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the ’90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706006
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Decentralization, Vertical Fiscal Imbalance, and Political Selection
Bordignon, Massimo; Gamalerio, Matteo; Turati, Gilberto - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2013
decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of …In a career-concern model of politics with endogenous candidacy and different types of politicians, following a … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the '90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010819062