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Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.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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Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan: The 7th National Finance Commission Awardand Its Implications [PDF]
Pakistan is a federal country. Distribution of resources has a profound impact on income, development, backwardness, and poverty. The paper briefly discusses the federation, its needs and importance in general. The National Finance Commission (NFC) award
Usman Mustafa
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Social federalism, subsidiarity and open method of coordination. WP C.S.D.L.E. "Massimo D'Antona" N. 27/2005 [PDF]
, 2005 [From the Introduction]. The European Convention and the preparations for the new Treaty have launched a new round of debates regarding the future of Europe, European unification and consequently the European social policy.
Sakellaropoulos, Theodoros.
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Towards decentralized fiscal constitutions
Económica, 1998 The theory of fscal federalism makes a strong case for decentralizing government functions in order to enhance efficiency in allocating public goods vvhere preferences differ among regions.
Paul Bernd Spahn
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The Mystery of Success: How Family Background Shapes Social Mobility
Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines social mobility and its underlying drivers in Switzerland. We use a rich administrative dataset covering nearly 700,000 individuals across 23 birth cohorts. Rather than relying on traditional parent–child associations, we quantify the overall influence of familial factors, providing a wide‐ranging indicator of social ...
Jonas Bühler +2 more
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New Constitution, New Europe: What About (Fiscal) Federalism? [PDF]
More than fifty years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe is still far from a real Political Union. In fact, Europe faces an important imbalance between the two sides of the integration process, appearing as an important actor in the international ...
Rui Henrique Alves
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Federalism and institutions: a comparative perspective
Economia Aplicada, 1999 This article first discusses the Brazilian federalist structure problems pointing to the consequences in terms of transactions costs to economic performance. Then it makes a comparative analysis using the cases of Germany and USA as models of federalism
Basilia Aguirre
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Fiscal Federalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ten Years after the Dayton Treatment and Still not in a Steady Condition [PDF]
The following paper deals with the fiscal federalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Besides a detailed description of the development of the fiscal federalism in BiH since the Dayton peace process, the main focus of this paper is to illustrate how the ...
Jan Werner +2 more
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El federalismo en la historiografía política colombiana (1853-1886)
Historia Crítica, 2011 Between 1853 and 1885, the governing principle of federalism was practically unquestioned by Colombian elites. Despite the abundant historiography on the period, what federalism meant to different actors, and the politics of its institutionalization ...
Edwin Cruz Rodríguez
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Federalism, Freedom of Movement, and Fiscal Equalization [PDF]
In this paper, we take up the question why a group of sovereign countries is willing to form a federation even if residents of the high-income region suspect potential immigrants to be net beneficiaries of the tax and transfer system.
Traub, Stefan
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