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Fiscal federalism in Germany: Stabilization and redistribution before and after unification [PDF]
We provide empirical estimates of the risk-sharing and redistributive properties of the German federal from 1970 until 2006, with special attention to the effects of German fiscal system base unification.
Hepp, Ralf, von Hagen, Jürgen
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Government risk premiums in the bond market: EMU and Canada [PDF]
This paper focuses on risk premiums paid by central governments in Europe and sub-national governments in Germany, Spain, and Canada. With regard to the European governments, we are interested in how these premiums were affected by the introduction of ...
Schuknecht, Ludger +2 more
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Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the development of purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century. Using new monthly data from 1831 to 1872, it finds that real exchange rates became more stable after the late 1850s. This convergence was supported by growing connections in international bullion markets, which reduced exchange
Atsushi Kobayashi
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On the states' behavior with equalization grants [PDF]
This paper discusses how the state government's behavior is affected when the so-called Representative Tax System (RTS) equalization scheme is implemented.
Diego Martínez-López
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Brook no compromise: How to negotiate a united front
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Negotiating factional conflict is crucial to successful coordination: Political parties, rebel alliances, and authoritarian elites must all overcome internal disagreements to survive and achieve collective aims. Actors in these situations sometimes employ hardball tactics to block outcomes they dislike, but at the risk of causing coordination ...
Elaine Yao
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract An important debate in the field of strategy and industrial organization economics has long focused on whether the industry environment or firm idiosyncrasies have a greater impact on firm performance. However, cooperatives have been excluded from this inquiry, despite profits being the primary means to achieve their social objectives.
Pablo Doucet, Marta Solórzano‐García
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The Dangers of Fiscal Decentralisation in Healthcare: A Response to the Recent Commentaries. [PDF]
Int J Health Policy Manag, 2023 Rotulo A, Paraskevopoulou C, Kondilis E.
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Do Taxpayers Embrace Social Norms to Comply? Empirical Evidence From Indonesia
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the powerful role societal norms play in shaping taxpayers' behaviour in Indonesia, with a focus on how the prevalence of compliance influences both tax filing and payment practices. By examining the ratio of tax evaders to compliant taxpayers in specific regions, we measured the strength of these norms and explored their ...
Yon Arsal, Arifin Rosid, Agung Satyadini
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Electoral rules and incentive effects of fiscal transfers: evidence from Germany
, 2010 The impact electoral rules and fiscal equalization programs have for local públic finance are separately analyzed in the literature. This paper empirically analyzes whether legislator elected under different rules respond differently to changes in fiscal
Egger, Peter +2 more
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