Decentralization: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? Fiscal Perversity in Mexico. [PDF]
Advocacy for decentralization has grown in Mexico at a rapid pace during the last decade. The gains of decentralization, however, are rather unclear and many times the assumptions and the outcomes of the process depart from the standard theory of fiscal ...
Roberto Guerrero Compeán
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Material Limitations and Processing Challenges of Bio‐Based Thermoplastics: A Review
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.This review highlights recent advances in bio‐based thermoplastic polymers (b‐bTPs), focusing on their composition, formulation challenges, and industrial applications. Key aspects include the use of additives and blends to improve performance, microcellular injection molding techniques, and the recyclability of b‐bTPs foams.
Catarina Faria +4 more
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Exploring the Interrelationships between Public Health, Fiscal Decentralization, and Local Government Debt in China. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Cao M, Duan K, Cao M, Ibrahim H.
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Decentralization and Foreign Aid Effectiveness: Do Aid Modality and Federal Design Matter in Poverty Alleviation? [PDF]
This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering aid modality as well as different measures of political and fiscal ...
Christian Lessmann, Gunther Markwardt
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Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.Objective High intensity conditioning autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is standard of care for patients with advanced SSc. The role of reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) prior to AHSCT in this population remains unclear. We conducted this study to determine the long‐term outcomes of RIC AHSCT in SSc patients with cardiac ...
Yonatan Lean +4 more
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The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Provinces of Iran [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2012 In economic studies, fiscal decentralization theories are used to increase productivity and efficiency of government and to improve the balance between different regions and it is mentioned as one of the fundamental tools in the way of transition to a ...
Mehdi Sadeghi Shahdani +3 more
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Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: Is there a Relationship? [PDF]
We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 by using new panel data on sub-federal tax autonomy.
Lars P. Feld, Thushyanthan Baskaran
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Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +2 more
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Electoral Competition as a Determinant of Fiscal Decentralization [PDF]
Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes of Â…fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model.
Marcelin Joanis, Mario Jametti
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Partial Fiscal Decentralization [PDF]
The fiscal decentralization impulse now sweeping the world often leads to partial decentralization, where subnational governments are funded by central transfers, rather than leading to full local autonomy.
Jan K. Brueckner
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