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Bordignon, Massimo; Gamalerio, Matteo; Turati, Gilberto - 2013

decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the '90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …

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Improving service delivery through decentralization : a challenge for Asia

Brosio, Giorgio - 2014

This paper assesses how decentralization can contribute, if proper political and fiscal institutions are present, to … improving service delivery in Asia. In other words, decentralization is an opportunity and a challenge at the same time. The … issues leading to "partial decentralization" that is common to most models. Consideration is also given to the emerging …

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Fiscal autonomy and fiscal sustainability : subnational taxation and public indebtedness in contemporary Spain

Larin, Benjamin; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2014

This study assesses fiscal sustainability in contemporary Spain at the regional level. Spain consists of 17 autonomous regions, two fiscal regimes differing in taxing autonomy, and two path-dependent types of communities with more and less legislatively recognized autonomy. Three of the 17...

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The politics of federalism in Argentina and its implications for governance and accountability

Ardanaz, Martín; Leiras, Marcelo; Tommasi, Mariano - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 53 (2014), pp. 26-45

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Fiscal delegation in a monetary union with decentralized public spending

Basso, Henrique S.; Costain, James - 2016

In a monetary union, the interaction between several governments and a single central bank is plagued by several sources of deficit bias, including common pool problems. Each government has strong preferences over local spending and taxation but suffers only part of the costs of union-wide...

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Public provision and local income tax competition

Kuhlmey, Florian; Hintermann, Beat - 2016

We extend the literature on local income tax competition by allowing for inter-jurisdictional spillovers and imperfect rivalry in consumption of a publicly provided good. Comparing decentralized second-best results of a theoretical model with an efficient benchmark, we identify three...

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Decentralization in Myanmar : a nascent and evolving process

Kim-Ngoc-Bao-Ninh; Arnold, Matthew - In: Journal of Southeast Asian economies 33 (2016) 2, pp. 224-241

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Government decentralization program in Indonesia

Nasution, Anwar - 2016

development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and …, unlike in many developing and transition countries, the decentralization program in Indonesia has not caused major political … or economic problems. However, the decentralization program was ill prepared and not carried out in a logical order for …

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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2016

. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of decentralization in taxation decisions. …

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Government decentralization and prevalence of the shadow economy

Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - In: Public finance review : PFR 44 (2016) 2, pp. 263-288

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