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Net Fiscal Flows and the Size of Cities
Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 2016 Which regions contribute most to national growth? Do large cities ‘need’ more expenditure per capita? The relation between these two questions is the subject of a current German discussion, but it is of importance for other countries as well.
Horst Zimmermann
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Incentive effects of fiscal federalism: Evidence for France
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2015 This paper provides an empirical analysis on the question whether equalization payments across regions and transfers from the central government stimulate regional growth or impede it.
Boriss Siliverstovs, Ulrich Thiessen
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Mechanisms for reforming intergovernmental fiscal relations in conditions of economic instability
Vìsnik Žitomirsʹkogo Deržavnogo Tehnologìčnogo Unìversitetu: Ekonomìčnì Nauki, 2017 One of the most topical issues in the sphere of state regulation of environmental security in the region in conditions of economic instability is the improvement of the system of interbudgetary equalization and the search for effective models for ...
K.A. Fedchenko
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Accountability and fiscal equalization
Journal of Public Economics, 2008 Abstract A common feature of multi-jurisdictional systems is equalization programs. The implementation of such programs, that is based on some measurement of sub-national fiscal capacity and effort, is particularly complex. Within a political economy model, this paper analyzes the impact of such systems on accountability, identifying a positive and
Schwager, Robert, Kotsogiannis, Christos
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Distribution of Federal Equalization Grants: Assessing the Impact of Major Changes [PDF]
Финансовый журналThe purpose of the work is to establish how the main changes in the methodology of distribution of grants from the federal budget for fiscal capacity equalization affected the budget revenues of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Evgeny N. Timushev
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Fiscal Equalization and Political Conflict [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper we analyze the political viability of equalization rules in the context of a decentralized country. In concrete terms, we suggest that when equalization devices are perceived as unfair by one or more regions, political conflict may emerge as a result. Political conflict is analysed through a non cooperative game.
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Eesti Majanduspoliitilised Väitlused, 2010 Estonian municipalities have to perform a broad range, while their fiscal resources are often limited in comparison to functions and large disparities in fiscal capacity prevail among them.
Peter Friedrich +2 more
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Fiscal equalization and the tax structure [PDF]
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018 Abstract This paper studies the impact of redistributive fiscal equalization transfers on the choice between a distortionary capital tax and a non-distortionary land tax at the local layer of government. In a standard tax competition model, the paper shows that this impact is ambiguous in that, depending on the motives driving local policy choices ...
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Equalization of the Budget Incomes in the Administrative-Territorial Structures [PDF]
Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics, 2010 The research theme is important for the local economy and financial literature on local public finance. It is known that the tax base of the territories is quite uneven and providing quality public services is impossible based on their own sources.
Nicolae BALALIA, Constantin AFANASE
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The impact of fiscal equalization on local expenditure policies : theory and evidence from Germany [PDF]
, 2007 This paper uses a simple model of fiscal competition in taxes and public inputs among local jurisdictions to analyze the incentive effects of fiscal equalization transfers.
Hauptmeier, Sebastian
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