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The impact of weather on local government spending
Zhao, Bo - 2022 - This version: September 2022
, little research has been conducted to understand the fiscal impact of weather, especially at the sub-state level. Using data … results show that weather has statistically significant and economically meaningful effects on local government spending. A 1 … expenditures. Some government functions, such as public works and general government, are affected more by weather than others. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468229
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Do mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures? : evidence from Germany using the synthetic control method
Rösel, Felix - 2016
States merge small and medium sized municipalities to achieve economies of scale. Little is known to which extent mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures. I use the synthetic control method to identify the effect of mergers of county-sized administrations in Germany (districts) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542219
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Electoral cycles in public expenditures : evidence from Czech local governments
Stastna, Lenka - 2015
This paper analyzes local political cycle in Czech municipalities over the period between 1997 and 2013. We apply the system GMM and the difference GMM estimators to identify distortion in current and capital expenditures per capita in electoral and pre-electoral years, while focusing on various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431958
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The impact of weather on local government spending
Zhao, Bo - 2022
, little research has been conducted to understand the fiscal impact of weather, especially at the sub-state level. Using data … results show that weather has statistically significant and economically meaningful effects on local government spending. A 1 … expenditures. Some government functions, such as public works and general government, are affected more by weather than others. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442991
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Enhancing administrative and fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic
Sila, Urban; De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2020
There is considerable regional variation in incomes and poverty in the Czech Republic and gaps have grown over time. With the highest number of municipalities per head in the OECD, subnational government is very fragmented and the resulting lack of capacity at the local level reduces the quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421297
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The flypaper effect in Germany : an East-West comparison
Korzhenevych, Artem; Langer, Sebastian - 2016
We investigate the effect of general-purpose transfers on different expenditure categories and tax rates in the municipalities of Saxony (eastern Germany) and North Rhine-Westphalia (western Germany). Findings from the panel data analysis suggest the existence of the "flypaper effect" -...
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Equalization transfers and the pattern of municipal spending : an investigation of the flypaper effect in Germany
Langer, Sebastian; Korzhenevych, Artem - 2018
We investigate how lump-sum equalization transfers affect expenditures and taxes in the municipalities of the largest German state North Rhine-Westphalia. In general, those general-purpose transfers cannot be treated as exogenous variables. Thus, for the identification of causal effects, two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011833912
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The role of volunteers in German refugee crisis and their contribution to the local government expenditure
Nam, Chang-woon; Steinhoff, Peter - 2018
This study deals with a specific volunteering aspect revealed in the German refugee crisis 2015/16. German federalism prescribing interjurisdictional assignments of tasks for designing, financing and implementing services for refugees and their geographic distribution have made municipalities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931519
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Local government efficiency : evidence from the Czech municipalities
Šťastná, Lenka; Gregor, Martin - 2011
We measure cost efficiency of 202 Czech municipalities of extended scope in period 2003-2008. The study is the first application of overall efficiency measurement of the local governments in the new EU member states, and the second in post-communist countries. We measure government efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006688
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Does the method adopted for distribution of services by amalgamating municipalities affect expenditure after amalgamation? : evidence from Japan
Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi; Miyashita, Tomohisa - 2013
Municipal boundary reform (municipal amalgamation) has been done in many countries in recent years as the result of a push to enlarge the size and coverage of local government units, which in turn is driven mainly by the prospect of economies of scale. However, in a notable body of previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722793