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Intergovernmental grants and public input provision : theory and evidence from Germany
Hauptmeier, Sebastian (contributor) - 2007
This paper uses a simple model of fiscal competition between local jurisdictions to analyse the impact of intergovernmental grants on the composition of public spending. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of ʺfiscal equalisationʺ coincides with a smaller overall...
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Bailouts in a Federation
Goodspeed, Timothy - 2003
understanding the empirical estimation of soft budget constraints …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014101652
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A Tax on Tax Revenue the Incentive Effects of Equalizing Transfers : Evidence from Germany
Baretti, Christian; Huber, Bernd; Lichtblau, Karl - 2021
Several recent studies suggest that equalizing transfers in a federal system may distort the tax policy decisions of states. We study this issue for the German federal fiscal system. In a simple theoretical model, we first identify a substitution and an income effect of equalizing transfers. Our...
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Fiscal equalization and the tax structure
Holm-Hadulla, Fédéric - 2018
this pattern and tests them in a natural experiment from Germany. The first hypothesis is that fiscal redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929809
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Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1999
actually favors stabilization. In an empirical analysis for Germany, the paper adds support for the finding of significant … regional stabilization by fiscal flows. The results indicate that about 17 % of GDP variation across West Germany's states has … been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for …
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Do party ties increase transfer receipts in cooperative federalism? - evidence from Germany
Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2020
Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers. We study how parliamentary representation of municipalities on the federal level influences the allocation of federal transfers to municipal governments under this type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291881
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Do party ties increase transfer receipts in cooperative federalism? : evidence from Germany
Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2022 - This version: 22nd August 2022
Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers. We study how parliamentary representation of municipalities on the federal level influences the allocation of federal transfers to municipal governments under this type of...
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The stimulative effects of intergovernmental grants and the marginal cost of public funds
Dahlby, Bev G.; Ferede, Ergete - 2012
We test the hypothesis that the flypaper effect can arise if the recipient government finances part of its expenditures with a distortionary tax. We present a simple theoretical framework that shows how a lump-sum transfer stimulates the marginal expenditures of a recipient government through an...
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Regional investment and individual redistribution in a federation
Kessing, Sebastian; Schneider, Benny - 2014
We study the strategic incentives of regional governments to allocate their budget to public investment and to public …-transfer system by the central government. The strategic incentives can dier between rich and poor regions depending on the nature of … the investment. Rich and poor regions both have strategic incentives to reduce investment which increases the productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010429124
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Unfunded Mandates and Fiscal Structure : Empirical Evidence from a Synthetic Control Model
Ross, Justin M. - 2016
An unfunded expenditure mandate occurs when a local government must provide a good or service by dictate of a higher level of government that does not supply an accompanying revenue source to fully finance the expenditure. This paper is the first to provide empirical evidence on the influence of...
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