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LA REFORMA CONSTITUCIONAL DEL REGIONALISMO ITALIANO [PDF]

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2007
The constitutional reform of Italian regionalism took place in the 13th legislature(1996-2001) by means of three constitutional acts. More specifically,reforms to act V spelt the end of the revisions that replaced the model forregionalism in 1947 through
Antonio D’Atena
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Wealth Taxes and Devolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper poses the question: if the UK were to introduce a net wealth tax, to what extent would there be a case for that tax, or elements of that tax, to be devolved to the UK’s three devolved legislatures?
Eiser, David
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Determinants of fiscal decentralization: political economy aspects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial fiscal decentralization.
Jametti, Mario, Joanis, Marcelin
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Financial decentralization in Ukraine: prerequisites, problems, prospects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The purpose of the article is to analyze the prerequisites, advantages, problems and prospects for the development of the processes of financial decentralization in Ukraine.
Bezpartochnyi, Maksym   +2 more
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Do equalization payments affect subnational borrowing? Evidence from regression discontinuity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
According to the fiscal federalism literature sub-central budget constraints become softer when local governments are more dependent on revenues over which they have no discretion. As a consequence of higher ’transfer-dependency’, sub-central governments
Köppl Turyna, Monika, Pitlik, Hans
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Is Decentralization Really Welfare Enhancing? Empirical Evidence from Survey Data (1994-2011) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Decentralization is believed to constitute the optimal institutional arrangement for public good provision. In contrast to centralization, it is thought to offer a better match between provision and individual preferences.
Espasa Queralt, Marta   +2 more
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Physical mechanisms may be as important as brain mechanisms in evolution of speech [Commentary on Ackerman, Hage, & Ziegler. Brain Mechanisms of acoustic communication in humans and nonhuman primates: an evolutionary perspective]

open access: yes, 2014
We present two arguments why physical adaptations for vocalization may be as important as neural adaptations. First, fine control over vocalization is not easy for physical reasons, and modern humans may be exceptional. Second, we present an example of a
De Boer, B., Perlman, M.
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Recent Development of Municipal Finance in Selected European Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The idea of fiscal decentralisation has become increasingly fashionable world-wide. In some developed countries the systems of intergovernmental finance have evolved gradually and each country has unique features.
Friedrich, Peter   +2 more
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Are the Young Less Knowledgeable? Local Knowledge of Natural Remedies and Its Transformations in the Andean Highlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A widespread concern among ethnobiologists is the rapid process of erosion of indigenous environmental knowledge observed worldwide. This paper examines the ongoing transformations of knowledge about natural remedies in the Quechua-speaking Andes ...
Brandt, Regine   +3 more
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Fiscal federalism in Switzerland : relevant issues for transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes
Its highly fragmented structure of local governments and serious horizontal fiscal imbalances make Switzerland a surprisingly powerful model for Eastern European countries that are currently facing the challenge of fiscal decentralization.
Dafflon, Bernard, Toth, Krisztina
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