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The Choice of Tax Bases under Fiscal Federalism and the Unitary System [PDF]

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This paper analyzes the governmentÂfs choice of three proportional tax bases (a consumption tax, a wage tax and a capital income tax) and its influence on the steady-state levels of capital accumulation and social welfare under fiscal federalism and the ...
Wempi Saputra
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Strengthening Primary Health Care for Improved Population Health and Health Equity in Somalia: A Narrative Review

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
Primary health care (PHC) strengthening is central to improving population health and advancing health equity in Somalia. Fragmented governance, inadequate financing, workforce maldistribution, and limited access for rural and displaced communities undermine PHC performance.
Yusuf Abdullahi Hubow   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scotland: A New Fiscal Settlement [PDF]

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Tax and Expenditure Devolution, Inter-Government Relations, Fiscal Federalism, State Budget, Fiscal Coordination.
Andrew Hughes Hallett, Drew Scott
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Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Research on unequal responsiveness has shown that policies tend to align more closely with the preferences of high‐income citizens than low‐income citizens. Using comparative data on opinions and policies, we suggest that this inequality primarily results from status quo bias; asymmetric blocking power drives unequal congruence rather than ...
Mikael Persson, Anders Sundell
wiley   +1 more source

New Constitution, New Europe: What About (Fiscal) Federalism? [PDF]

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More than fifty years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe is still far from a real Political Union. In fact, Europe faces an important imbalance between the two sides of the integration process, appearing as an important actor in the international ...
Rui Henrique Alves
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The Mystery of Success: How Family Background Shapes Social Mobility

open access: yesReview of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines social mobility and its underlying drivers in Switzerland. We use a rich administrative dataset covering nearly 700,000 individuals across 23 birth cohorts. Rather than relying on traditional parent–child associations, we quantify the overall influence of familial factors, providing a wide‐ranging indicator of social ...
Jonas Bühler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal Decentralization in China and India: Competitive, Cooperative or Market Preserving Federalism?

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This paper provides a comparative assessment of fiscal decentralization in China and India, including the standard components of expenditure and revenue assignments and institutions for intergovernmental transfers, as well as the nature of subnational ...
Singh, Nirvikar
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Federalism, Education-Related Public Good and Growth when Agents are Heterogeneou [PDF]

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In this paper we use an endogeneous-growth model with human capital and heterogeneous agents to analyse the relationship between fiscal federalism and economic growth.
Floriana Cerniglia, Riccarda Longaretti
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Socioeconomic gaps in the allocation of curriculum modifications in inclusive mainstream classrooms

open access: yesJournal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Volume 26, Issue 3, July 2026.
Abstract Differentiation is a widely established approach to addressing heterogeneity in students' learning needs and prerequisites in inclusive mainstream classrooms. While differentiation has been extensively studied regarding its implementation and effectiveness, aspects of social selectivity in these practices remain underexplored.
Robin Benz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognition, Incentives, and Public Governance:Laboratory Federalism from the Organizational Viewpoint [PDF]

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The Second Generation Theory (SGT) of fiscal federalism, which draws upon contemporary economic and industrial organization theory, hitherto focuses only on the negative benefits of public decentralization: the potentially superior ability to align ...
Giampaolo Garzarelli
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