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Dynamic Effects of Public Expenditure: The Challenge of Multi‐Level Governance Systems

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The public economy literature shows that dynamic effects of public expenditure vary across programs, giving governments incentives to allocate spending with precision. However, this may be difficult in multi‐level governance, where centrally funded expenditure is implemented locally.
Jens Blom‐Hansen, Kurt Houlberg, Søren Serritzlew   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction. Indian Federalism under One-party Dominance

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
This essay introduces a collection of articles that explores the idea of federalism and its discontents in contemporary India. It exposes the central concern of the special issue, namely, why what might be considered federal values are being contested in
Kalaiyarasan A., Louise Tillin
doaj   +1 more source

There Is Always a Bigger Fish. Determinants of Power Perceptions in Swiss Biodiversity Policy

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) views power as crucial in policy processes, but the nature of coalition power, its determinants, and how to empirically measure it remain understudied. In this article, we use a mixed method approach and social network analysis to explore power relationships in the biodiversity policy subsystem in ...
Alix d'Agostino, Jascha Egli, Daniel Kübler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Power of the Purse—Fiscal Irresponsibility, Process Failures, and the New Constitutional Stress Test

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The federal government, and its budget process, are facing unprecedented challenges. The federal debt is at historic levels, the process is in disarray, and the constitutional balance of powers is being challenged as never before. The debt, driven by growth in entitlement spending, stands at $38 trillion and is projected to continue to grow if
Carolyn Bourdeaux, G. William Hoagland, Philip G. Joyce, Thomas S. Kahn, Elaine Y. Lu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal Federalism: a Solution for the European Union during the Crisis?

EIRP Proceedings, 2011
Addressing the cumbersome state-level fiscal crisis in the EU can be made and on the lack of afiscal federalist its architecture. Fiscal federalism is, inter alia one of the principles of European fiscal policy,redistribution of political ...
Adina Trandafir, Luminita Ristea
doaj  

The Environmental Race to the Bottom, Revisited

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits the environmental race to the bottom thesis in the United States, which argues that states compete for mobile capital by relaxing environmental regulations. Examining state‐level enforcement of federal surface mining and air pollution control regulation over a 35‐year period, we find robust evidence of strategic interaction
David M. Konisky, Neal D. Woods
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening Primary Health Care for Improved Population Health and Health Equity in Somalia: A Narrative Review

Public 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, Ilyas Abdullahi Khalif, Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Ahmed Mohamed Omar, Narura Omar Mohamed, Ayan Abdullahi Mohammed, Hibo hassan Mohamed, Nour Ahmed Dahir, Aniso Mohamed Abdi, Abas Nor Abdi, Ahmed Abdinasir Abdulle   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partisan Cities: How State‐Local Political Alignment Shapes Credit Risk and Information Processing in the Municipal Bond Market

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1733-1770, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper studies how partisan alignment between city leaders and state governors shapes information processing and bond pricing in the municipal bond market. Using a novel data set on 1,045 U.S. cities from 2005 to 2019, we show that cities with the same political affiliation as the state governor face 9 basis points lower borrowing costs ...
RAMONA DAGOSTINO, ANYA NAKHMURINA
wiley   +1 more source

Memory, Presidential Meaning‐Making, and the Role of the US Bicentennial in Gerald Ford's 1976 Presidential Campaign

Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article provides the first extensive investigation of President Gerald Ford's commemoration of the 1976 United States Bicentennial. Drawing on internal correspondence and Ford's public addresses, it highlights how his administration leveraged Bicentennial commemorations to situate Ford's Presidency as a reconciling and stabilizing force ...
Thomas Cryer
wiley   +1 more source

Welfare Regimes, Subnational Territories and Dynamics of School‐To‐Work Transitions

Social Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 5, Page 941-954, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Comparative research on school‐to‐work transitions (SWT) mainly focused on cross‐country differences, while territorial variations among sub‐national territories in youth labour market and transitions outcomes have been underexplored. In this paper, we investigate the impact over time of national institutional configurations and regional ...
Ruggero Cefalo, Rosario Scandurra
wiley   +1 more source