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Do Party Ties Increase Transfer Receipts in Cooperative Federalism? - Evidence from Germany

Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P.; Koehler, Ekkehard A. - 2021

Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers … transfers to municipal governments under this type of federalism. Using a regression discontinuity design in close electoral … supporting the swing voter hypothesis, our results suggest that federalism inherently entails restrictions for misusing …

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Reformoptionen des Länderfinanzausgleichs unter politökonomischer Betrachtung

Broer, Michael - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 4, pp. 258-266

Bayern und Hessen haben im März 2013 eine Klage vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht gegen das Gesetz über den Länderfinanzausgleich eingereicht. Reformvorhaben müssen aber auch politische Mehrheiten im Bundestag und Bundesrat erreichen. Allein aus politökonomischer Perspektive erscheint eine...

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Depressing dependence? : transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah - 2016

Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions. Since these transfers are often paid with the aim of achieving regional convergence, they should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development by...

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Depressing dependence? : transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah - 2017

Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions with the aim of achieving regional convergence. Consequently, transfers should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development. This paper studies...

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Die Notwendigkeit der Einwohnerwertung

Zimmermann, Horst - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 93 (2013) 8, pp. 534-538

. The paper argues that the city-states should be treated like any large city in Germany, which would result in their being …

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Intergovernmental Grants and Public Input Provision : Theory and Evidence from Germany

Hauptmeier, Sebastian - 2008

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 fiscal equalisation coincides with a smaller overall share...

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Political decentralization and subjective well-being : evidence from propensity score matching estimates

Malah, Flora Yselle Kuété; Mignamissi, Dieudonné; … - In: Revue d'économie politique 132 (2022) 4, pp. 583-613

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Demographic change and public sector budgets in a federal system

Hofmann, Michael (contributor); Kempkes, Gerhard (contributor) - 2008

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Nachhaltige Finanzpolitik auf Länderebene : Konzepte, Indikatoren und Umsetzung

Jochimsen, Beate - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 88 (2008) 2, pp. 108-114

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Minimum standards, fixed costs and taxing autonomy of subnational governments

Seitz, Helmut (contributor) - 2008

level, a subject that is currently under debate in Germany where states do have virtually no power to tax. We use a simple … standards are derived. -- Fiscal federalism ; minimum standards ; tax autonomy ; fiscal equalization …

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