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The Optimal Taxation Approach to Intergovernmental Grants [PDF]
An optimal tax system equates the marginal cost of public funds across all tax bases. This idea is applied to a federation to derive the optimal unconditional transfers that will promote an optimal allocation of taxation and expenditures among the ...
Dahlby, Bev
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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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Public Good Provision in a Federalist Country: Tiebout Competition, Fiscal Equalization, and Incentives for Efficiency in Switzerland [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it measures the efficiency in the provision of public goods by local jurisdictions applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
Peter Zweifel, Philippe K. Widmer
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Decentralized education in Somalia: lessons from East African models
Cogent EducationThis study analyzes decentralized education reforms in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania and derives actionable lessons for Somalia’s evolving federal system.
Mohamed Yusuf Adan, Said Abubakar Ahmed
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Yardstick competition, fiscal disparities, and equalization
Economics Letters, 2012 The theory of political yardstick competition states that a comparison of public service levels and tax rates with those in nearby jurisdictions can provide voters with a useful instrument to assess politicians' performance. However, we argue that fiscal disparities bias this yardstick, and that this bias may be removed through fiscal equalization. (C)
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Evaluating fiscal equalization in Indonesia [PDF]
This paper presents a methodology to evaluate fiscal decentralization focusing on the potential mis-targeting of intergovernmental fiscal equalization transfers.
Hofman, Bert +3 more
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Analisis Kinerja Keuangan Pemerintah Provinsi Jambi dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi
Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah, 2017 The purpose of this research is to analise government’s financial performance of Jambi Province. This research is using multiple linear regression to calculate and to see the effect of direct and indirect expenditure variable to the economic growth. This
Mohar Mondes
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A Practitioner’s Guide to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers
Revista de Economía y Estadística, 2006 Intergovernmental fiscal transfers are a dominant feature of sub-national finance in most countries. They are used to ensure that revenues roughly match the expenditure needs of various orders (levels) of sub-national governments.
Anwar Shah
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On the Controversy of Fiscal Equalization in Germany [PDF]
The paper discusses the features of fiscal equalization in Germany and its recent challenges, notably those related to re-unification. It analyzes its distributional effects of the Finanzausgleich, which are found to be strong, sometimes even reversing ...
Spahn, Paul Bernd
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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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