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Social Equity Practices in Public Financial Management: A Conceptual Review and Proposed Reforms
ABSTRACT Equity has been at the core of public finance going at least as far back as 1776 when Adam Smith included it as one of four canons of a good tax in his classic An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Tax Project Institute 2025).
John R. Bartle +2 more
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Fiscal Federalism and Economic Growth [PDF]
This paper uses an endogenous-growth model with overlapping generations to explore the connection between fiscal federalism and economic growth. The analysis shows that federalism, which allows public-good levels to be tailored to suit the differing ...
Jan K. Brueckner
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Governing the Local Digital Transformation: A European Comparative Perspective
ABSTRACT This study compares governance structures, policy formulation and implementation of administrative digitalization at the local level in three countries with different administrative traditions: France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Sabine Kuhlmann +2 more
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Incentives to provide local public goods: fiscal federalism, Russian style [PDF]
Based on a unique data set on Russian city budgets, this paper shows that revenue sharing between regional and local governments provides local governments with no incentive to increase tax base or provide public goods.
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
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Formal and real fiscal federalism in Argentina [PDF]
In this note we describe, on the one hand, the formal institutional structure of the Argentine fiscal federalism. Then, on the other hand, we show how fiscal federalism really works in Argentina.
Besfamille , Martin, Sanguinetti, Pablo
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Dynamic Effects of Public Expenditure: The Challenge of Multi‐Level Governance Systems
ABSTRACT The public economy literature shows that dynamic effects of public expenditure vary across programs, giving governments incentives to allocate spending with precision. However, this may be difficult in multi‐level governance, where centrally funded expenditure is implemented locally.
Jens Blom‐Hansen +2 more
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Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence
ABSTRACT Research on unequal responsiveness has shown that policies tend to align more closely with the preferences of high‐income citizens than low‐income citizens. Using comparative data on opinions and policies, we suggest that this inequality primarily results from status quo bias; asymmetric blocking power drives unequal congruence rather than ...
Mikael Persson, Anders Sundell
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There Is Always a Bigger Fish. Determinants of Power Perceptions in Swiss Biodiversity Policy
ABSTRACT The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) views power as crucial in policy processes, but the nature of coalition power, its determinants, and how to empirically measure it remain understudied. In this article, we use a mixed method approach and social network analysis to explore power relationships in the biodiversity policy subsystem in ...
Alix d'Agostino +2 more
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Many federalists argue that in order for Myanmar to have a functioning federal system, major constitutional changes are required, which would allow States and Regions to self-govern, and take part in the decisions of the central government institutions ...
Heinemann-Gruder, A., Keil, S.
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Federalism, characterized by its multifaceted, elastic, and complex nature, often presents significant analytical challenges. This paper aims to thoroughly analyze and elaborate on the theories of federalism, the elements of federations, and the status ...
Jelena Trajkovska Hristovska
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