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A Regulatory Analysis of the Specific Allocation Fund (DAK) and Horizontal Equalization in Indonesia

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This chapter examines the regulatory arrangements implemented by the Republic of Indonesia governing intergovernmental fiscal arrangements relating to specific funding allocations.
Donald Feaver
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On the Theory and Practise of Fiscal Decentralization [PDF]

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The traditional theory of public finance has made a strong case for a major role for fiscal decentralization. This case is based on an improved allocation of resources in the public sector. And it has four basic elements.
Wallace E. Oates
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Henry George and Silvio Gesell: The Odd Couple

open access: yesThe American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Henry George (1839–1897) and Silvio Gesell (1862–1930) developed distinct yet overlapping economic reform agendas. Both advocated land reform, free markets, and rejection of protectionism, but differed sharply on money, interest, and taxation.
Dirk Loehr
wiley   +1 more source

Equalizing Health and Education : Approach of the Twelfth Finance Commission

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Service standards in the provision of health and education in the states in India are low on average and also characterized by large inter-state disparities.
D. K. Srivastava
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The new fiscal federalism in Brazil [PDF]

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Brazil is a three-tiered federation of 24 states, two federal territories, a federal district, and 4,300 municipalities. In 1989 less than half of all government spending was controlled by the federal government. Brazil's new constitution gave autonomous
Shah, Anwar
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Thinking through payment in fieldwork

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract Ethnographic research has long illuminated diverse economic relations. Yet ethnographers have said little about an economic relation that they themselves often rely on: payment in fieldwork. Indeed, the particularities of monetary exchange between ethnographers and their interlocutors often remain hidden—or taboo.
Tijo Salverda   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Pay Disclosure and Firm Performance: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From the United Kingdom

open access: yesBritish Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of pay transparency on firm performance, measured as sales growth, in a large sample of UK‐registered companies between 2005 and 2023. We employ a difference‐in‐difference approach based on the pay transparency regulation enacted in 2017, which mandated all companies registered in the United Kingdom with at ...
Hildebrando Pahula, Charles Ambilichu
wiley   +1 more source

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