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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
Otoo, Isaac; Danquah, Michael - 2021
In this paper, we estimate the efficiency of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and … investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using … MMDAs' internally generated funds as a share of their total revenue has a positive influence on the efficiency of MMDAs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545693
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Local Public Finances and Municipal Reform in Finland
André, Christophe; García, Clara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public services. In recent years, their spending and debt has been increasing steadily, especially because of population ageing and increases in the cost of health care and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276871
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Local public finances and municipal reform in Finland
André, Christophe; García, Clara - 2014
Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public services. In recent years, their spending and debt has been increasing steadily, especially because of population ageing and increases in the cost of health care and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375402
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Fiscal Federalism as Found Principle for Structural Reforms Accountability
Savonea, Ruxandra - 2009
Developed by Musgrave (1959) and Oates (1972), the concept of fiscal federalism describes the process performed by the central governments to deal with the distribution problem and refer the provision of services to decentralized governments. In this respect, centralized governments should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157917
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Fiscal Federalism in Belgium : Main Challenges and Considerations for Reform
Leibfritz, Willi - 2009
the efficiency of spending in areas of national interest, which have been assigned to sub-federal governments or where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444627
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Making Federalism Work in Italy
Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
levels – and conversely, how much regional differentiation of services it will tolerate in pursuit of higher efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046053
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Enhancing administrative and fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic
Sila, Urban; De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2020
services can be an alternative way of improving efficiency and the quality of service delivery. Tweaking the tax sharing system … higher efficiency. Improving and consolidating the delivery of education and health services at the local level is also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421297
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227447
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Local Natural Resource Curse?
Borge, Lars-Erik; Parmer, Pernille; Torvik, Ragnar - Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Norges … - 2013
should harm efficiency more than revenue derived from other sources such as taxation. Although we do find that higher local … government revenue reduces the efficiency in production of public goods, we do not find that this effect is stronger for natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856726
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On the determinants of local government debt: Does one size fit all?
Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; … - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2013
This paper analyzes the factors that directly influence levels of debt in Spanish local governments. Specifically, the main objective is to find out the extent to which indebtedness is originated by controllable factors that public managers can influence, or whether it hinges on other variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010940512