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Why adopt a federal constitution? : and why decentralize? : determinants based on a new dataset
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2017
Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting … important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component … evidence that it is important to distinguish between federalism and decentralization, if one is interested in ascertaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668291
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Federalism and decentralization : a critical survey of frequently used indicators
Blume, Lorenz; Voigt, Stefan - 2008
decentralization. We argue that federalism is a constitutional institution whereas decentralization is (the outcome of) a policy choice … result, implying that a more fine-grained differentiation beyond the distinction between federalism and decentralization … might be in order. The correlations of the most important proxies for various aspects of federalism and decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003865927
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Federalism and Decentralization - A Critical Survey of Frequently Used Indicators
Blume, Lorenz; Voigt, Stefan - 2009
decentralization. We argue that federalism is a constitutional institution whereas decentralization is (the outcome of) a policy choice … result, implying that a more fine-grained differentiation beyond the distinction between federalism and decentralization … might be in order. The correlations of the most important proxies for various aspects of federalism and decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214927
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Institutional Details Matter - More Economic Effects of Direct Democracy
Blume, Lorenz - 2010
This study contains further evidence on the economic effects of direct democratic institutions. A first study found that countries with national initiatives have higher government expenditure and are characterized by more rent-seeking activity, that the effects of direct democratic institutions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141133
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Why Adopt a Federal Constitution? And why Decentralize? – Determinants Based on a New Dataset
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2017
Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting … important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component … evidence that it is important to distinguish between federalism and decentralization, if one is interested in ascertaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011642910
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Federalism and decentralization: a critical survey of frequently used indicators
Blume, Lorenz; Voigt, Stefan - 2008
decentralization. We argue that federalism is a constitutional institution whereas decentralization is (the outcome of) a policy choice … result, implying that a more fine-grained differentiation beyond the distinction between federalism and decentralization … might be in order. The correlations of the most important proxies for various aspects of federalism and decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265879
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Federalism and Decentralization – A Critical Survey of Frequently Used Indicators
Blume, Lorenz; Voigt, Stefan - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2008
decentralization. We argue that federalism is a constitutional institution whereas decentralization is (the outcome of) a policy choice … result, implying that a more fine-grained differentiation beyond the distinction between federalism and decentralization … might be in order. The correlations of the most important proxies for various aspects of federalism and decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005490042
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The economic effects of direct democracy : a cross-country assessment
Voigt, Stefan (contributor) - 2006
This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Most of the results of the former intra-country studies could be confirmed. On the basis of some 30 countries, a higher degree of direct democracy leads to lower total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003363372
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The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy - A First Global Assessment
Blume, Lorenz; Müller, Jens; Voigt, Stefan - 2021
This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Its results are based on up to six new measures produced to reflect the legislative basis for using direct democratic institutions as well as their factual use. In addition, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316691
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The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy - a Cross-Country Assessment
Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - 2006
This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Most of the results of the former intra-country studies could be confirmed. On the basis of some 30 countries, a higher degree of direct democracy leads to lower total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057554