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Intertwined Federalism: Accountability Problems under Partial Decentralization

Joanis, Marcelin - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2009

Decentralization reforms typically lead to the coexistence of multiple tiers of government in a given policy area. To … analyze the welfare effects of such partial decentralization, this paper develops a political agency model in which two levels … decentralization is desirable only if the benefits of vertical complementarity in public good provision outweigh the costs of reduced …

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Vertical competition in a unitary state

SALMON, Pierre - Laboratoire d'Économie de Dijon (LEDI), Université de … - 1999

The paper is concerned with what Albert Breton, in his theory of competitive federalism has called vertical competition … government playing the role of a monitor. As is illustrated by the decentralization experience in France, a lively vertical …

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Power shifts, emigration, and population sorting

Aklin, Michaël; Eichenauer, Vera - 2022

We investigate the consequences of a peaceful shift of power from one social group to another. Theoretically, we show that an individual's decision to stay put or migrate depends on the difference between the political preferences of groups and the change in tax. Empirically, we use the case of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205087

Power shifts, emigration, and population sorting

Aklin, Michaël; Eichenauer, Vera - 2022

We investigate the consequences of a peaceful shift of power from one social group to another. Theoretically, we show that an individual’s decision to stay put or migrate depends on the difference between the political preferences of groups and the change in tax. Empirically, we use the case...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193530

Electoral externalities in federations : evidence from German opinion polls

Frei, Xenia; Langer, Sebastian; Lehmann, Robert; … - 2017 - This version: February 20, 2017

Party performance in state and federal elections is highly interdependent. Federal elections impact regional voting dynamics and vice versa (electoral externalities). We quantify the extent of simultaneous electoral externalities between two layers of government. We apply vector autoregressions...

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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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Ethnofederalism and ethnic voting

Bluhm, Richard; Hodler, Roland; Schaudt, Paul - 2021

We investigate how changes in the administrative-territorial structure affect ethnic voting. We present an event study design that exploits the 2010 constitutional reform in Kenya, which substantially increased the number of primary administrative regions. We find (i) strong evidence for a...

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A global map of amenities : public goods, ethnic divisions and decentralization

Seidel, André - 2020 - This version: 20.02.2020

public goods. Therefore, my findings indicate that decentralization can lead to a failure in the provision of local public …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419389

Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124567

Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011771541