policy makers. This work uses the first three cutoffs of the transfer rules of the Municipal Participation Fund (FPM) and … applies a Discontinuous Regression model (RDD) to capture the effects that affect municipal budget rates during the years 2013 …

policymakers. This work uses the first three cutoffs of the transfer rules of the Municipal Participation Fund (FPM) and applies a … regression discontinuity designs (RDD) to capture the effects that have impacted municipal budget rates from 2013 to 2016. The …

data for 296 Flemish municipalities provides empirical support for this contention. …

data for 296 Flemish municipalities provides empirical support for this contention. …

ideas. Particularly important, the reform entitles more decentralized municipalities to sign subsidy contracts with private … schools, and departments (a higher level of government) to do so for the less decentralized municipalities. I take advantage … decentralized municipalities subsidize more students in private schools. There are no significant differences in enrolment in public …

discontinuity design (RDD) approach. This method allows us to estimate differences in economic growth around an estimated threshold …

discontinuity design (RDD) approach. This method allows us to estimate differences in economic growth around an estimated threshold …

The paper analyzes local political cycle in Czech municipalities over the period between 1997 and 2013. We apply the …-estimate the model for spending shares. We have found that the size of municipalities matters, and unsurprisingly, small … municipalities do not increase spending in such an extent as bigger municipalities, though big municipalities tend to have lower …