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The politics of federalism in Argentina and its implications for governance and accountability

Ardanaz, Martín; Leiras, Marcelo; Tommasi, Mariano - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 53 (2014), pp. 26-45

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Fiscal delegation in a monetary union with decentralized public spending

Basso, Henrique S.; Costain, James - 2016

In a monetary union, the interaction between several governments and a single central bank is plagued by several sources of deficit bias, including common pool problems. Each government has strong preferences over local spending and taxation but suffers only part of the costs of union-wide...

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Public provision and local income tax competition

Kuhlmey, Florian; Hintermann, Beat - 2016

We extend the literature on local income tax competition by allowing for inter-jurisdictional spillovers and imperfect rivalry in consumption of a publicly provided good. Comparing decentralized second-best results of a theoretical model with an efficient benchmark, we identify three...

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Decentralization in Myanmar : a nascent and evolving process

Kim-Ngoc-Bao-Ninh; Arnold, Matthew - In: Journal of Southeast Asian economies 33 (2016) 2, pp. 224-241

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Government decentralization program in Indonesia

Nasution, Anwar - 2016

development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and …, unlike in many developing and transition countries, the decentralization program in Indonesia has not caused major political … or economic problems. However, the decentralization program was ill prepared and not carried out in a logical order for …

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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2016

. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of decentralization in taxation decisions. …

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Government decentralization and prevalence of the shadow economy

Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - In: Public finance review : PFR 44 (2016) 2, pp. 263-288

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The effect of decentralization on educational outcomes : real autonomy matters!

Salinas, Paula - 2014

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Vertical effects of fiscal rules : the Swiss experience

Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P. - 2014

) provides little evidence that budget constraints at the cantonal level affect municipal finances and fiscal decentralization …

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Incentive effects of fiscal federalism : evidence for France

Siliverstovs, Boriss; Thießen, Ulrich - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-15

This paper provides an empirical analysis on the question whether equalization payments across regions and transfers from the central government stimulate regional growth or impede it. Using a panel of 22 French regions from 2002 to 2008, we find that regional economic growth is positively...

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