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Does the size of the legislature affect the size of government? : evidence from two natural experiments
Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - In: Journal of public economics 96 (2012) 3/4, pp. 269-278
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Political fragmentation and fiscal policy : evidence from German municipalities
Bernard, René - 2017
The government fragmentation hypothesis (GFH) states that coalition governments spend more than single-party governments due to an underlying common pool problem. Using a large panel data set on 604 local governments in the German state of Baden-Württemberg for the 1994-2014 period, I test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730078
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Political fragmentation and fiscal policy: Evidence from German municipalities
Bernard, René - 2017
The government fragmentation hypothesis (GFH) states that coalition governments spend more than single-party governments due to an underlying common pool problem. Using a large panel data set on 604 local governments in the German state of Baden-Württemberg for the 1994-2014 period, I test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730813
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Council size, government spending and efficiency : evidence from an quasi-experimental design for Italian municipalities
De Benedetto, Marco Alberto - In: Politica economica, journal of economic policy 34 (2018) 3, pp. 297-326
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Legislature size, local government expenditure and taxation, and public service access in Indonesia
Lewis, Blane D. - In: Studies in comparative international development 54 (2019) 2, pp. 274-298
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Legend of the pork barrel? : the causal effect of legislature size on public spending
Holzmann, Caroline; Zaddach, Jonathan Orlando - In: FinanzArchiv : European journal of public finance 75 (2019) 1, pp. 39-58
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The effect of council size on municipal expenditures : evidence from Italian municipalities
De Benedetto, Marco Alberto - 2018
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The effect of legislature size on public spending : evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Höhmann, Daniel - In: Public choice 173 (2017) 3/4, pp. 345-367
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Legislatures and government spending: evidence from democratic countries.
Ricciuti, Roberto - International Centre for Economic Research (ICER) - 2004
In this paper we study the relationship between legislature size with respect to general government and welfare spending. According to the theory, legislature size has an indefinite effect on government spending because logrolling and transaction costs have canceling effects. Bicameralism is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005148386
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Legislature Size, Bicameralism and Government Spending:Evidence from Democratic Countries
Ricciuti, Roberto - Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London - 2004
In this paper we study the relationship between legislature size with respect to general government and welfare spending. According to the theory, legislature size has an indefinite effect on government spending because logrolling and transaction costs have canceling effects. Bicameralism is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677879