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Revenue Decentralization, the Local Income Tax Deduction, and the Provision of Public Goods

Hatfield, John William - 2013

We consider a model where local and national governments both tax income and use the revenue to invest in both productive and consumptive public goods. Local governments will overprovide the consumptive public good if the local income tax is (partially) deductible. However, without full...

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Meeting the Challenges of Decentralisation in France

Jamet, Stéphanie - 2007

Despite France’s previously well-deserved reputation as a highly centralised state, a significant number of responsibilities have been devolved to regional and local government over the past two decades. The process has not been easy. The extremely large number of very small municipalities...

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Decentralization and Local Government Performance : Improving Public Services Provision in Bolivia

Faguet, Jean-Paul - 2006

This paper reviews some of the more important rationales for decentralization to date, examines their theoretical … underpinning, and the goes on to describe the elements of a nwe theory of decentralization which might take us far in our … effects of decentralization in Bolivia. We find strong evidence that devolving resources and power to local government has (i …

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Fiscal Decentralisation in the Republic of Bulgaria – Financial Effects and Regional Aspects

Pavlova, Mariyana - 2017

Fiscal decentralization, which aims to enhance local autonomy in terms of transferring rights, obligations and duties … study the degree of decentralization of the public sector in Bulgaria and to assess the financial independence, investment …

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Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Non-Oil Economic Growth in a Resource-Rich Economy

Fakhri, Hasanov - 2020

The paper investigates effects of fiscal decentralization on non-oil sector development in case of Azerbaijan for the … share of local expenditures and revenues in total, measures of fiscal decentralization, have negative impact on non-oil GDP … implementing economic reforms to develop institutional aspects of decentralization and thus make it supportive for non-oil economic …

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Reducing socio-economic differences between municipalities in Israel

Machlica, Gabriel - 2020

Despite being one of the smallest countries in the OECD, Israel is marked by significant socio-economic disparities, which have a clear spatial dimension. Ethnic and religious groups with weak socio-economic outcomes are not benefitting from the thriving high-tech sector in the centre of the...

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Synthesising good practices in fiscal federalism : key recommendations from 15 years of country surveys

Forman, Kass; Dougherty, Sean M.; Blöchliger, Hansjörg - 2020

The design of intergovernmental fiscal relations can help to ensure that tax and spending powers are assigned in a way to promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Decentralisation can enable sub-central governments to provide better public services for households and firms, while it...

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Dezentralisierung und Armutsreduzierung : ein konzeptioneller Rahmen für die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen

Steiner, Susan - 2005

Dieses Arbeitspapier untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen Dezentralisierung und Armut. Es legt zunächst dar, welche … Rolle Dezentralisierung im Rahmen von Strategien und Politiken zur Armutsbekämpfung spielt. Es zeigt einen ökonomischen … dem Fiskalföderalismus entstammt. Es erläutert, dass Dezentralisierung nicht nur durch die Übertragung von …

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Tax competition and the political economy of public employment : a model for Austria

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika - 2017

In this work we simulate the effects of tax autonomy of the Austrian states on the levels of public employment in each state. We show that depending on the strength of the public sector lobby, tax autonomy would require reduction of employment in the public sector between 25% and 35% of the...

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Does the winner take it all? : redistributive policies and political extremism

Daniele, Gianmarco; Piolatto, Amedeo; Sassen, Wim - 2020

We show that regional heterogeneity of underlying fundamentals (e.g. economic history, geography, social capital) can lead to extreme voting in federations. When the outcome of federal policies – such as transfer schemes, market regulation or migration laws – depends on these fundamentals,...

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