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Fiscal determinants of empowerment [PDF]

Empowerment of local governments and citizens is a primary object of decentralization. Using the analytic lens of empowerment, the author explores the nature of decentralized governance and how this type of structure is likely to be more or less ...
Raich, Uri
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Identifying transcription factors controlling the basal expression of human MRP4 highlights a substantial role for Sp1

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The MRP4 transporter exports several drugs and signaling molecules. Here, we identified key promoter elements regulating basal MRP4 expression. Using reporter assays, we defined a conserved region with essential Sp1 and contributory Ets sites, which controlled basal MRP4 expression.
Debora Singer, Angelique Kragl, Katrin Ziems, Juliane Glaubitz, Sophie Grammbauer, Susanne Hildebrandt, Mladen V. Tzvetkov, Gabriele Jedlitschky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

DECENTRALIZATION AND GOVERNANCE [PDF]

The most important theoretical argument concerning decentralization is that it can improve governance by making government more accountable and responsive to the governed.
Jean-Paul Faguet
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Formation of Strategic Provinces on Maritime Borders: A Political Economy Analysis of Natuna-Anambas Proposal

Journal of Maritime Policy Science
The Natuna and Anambas regions have a strategic position as a maritime border region that is a concern in the national agenda, including through designation as part of the National Strategic Project (PSN).
Fery Andana, Kartono Kartono
doaj   +1 more source

Cyclic azapeptide CD36 ligand attenuates cardiac injury and reduces long‐chain fatty acid accumulation after myocardial ischemia–reperfusion in mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
In a murine model of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (MI/R), the CD36 azapeptide ligand MPE‐298 reduces cardiac injury and transiently lowers left ventricular long‐chain fatty acids (LCFAs) accumulation 3 h after reperfusion, accompanied by a decrease of oxidative stress and inflammation‐associated genes' expression in the heart and adipose tissue.
Jade Gauvin, Naghme Radmannia, David N. Huynh, Liliane Ménard, Caroline Daneault, Maïté Veilleux, Ahsanullah Ahsanullah, André C. Carpentier, William D. Lubell, Matthieu Ruiz, Huy Ong, Sylvie Marleau, Simon‐Pierre Gravel   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Economy of EDP Fiscal Forecasts: An Empirical Assessment [PDF]

This paper analyses the track record of fiscal forecasts reported by 15 European countries in the context of the Excessive Deficit Procedure. For the budget balance, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) and interest payments, we study the statistical ...
Álvaro Pina, Nuno Venes
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Fiscal Politics in Time : Pathways to Fiscal Consolidation, 1980-2012 [PDF]

, 2012
The comparative study of debt and fiscal consolidation has acquired a new focus in the wake of the global financial crisis. This leads us to re-evaluate the literature on fiscal consolidation that flourished during the 1980s and 1990s.
Dellepiane Avellaneda, Sebastian, Hardiman, Niamh   +1 more
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The Impact of Green Taxation on Climate Change Mitigation Under Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from China

Economies
Against the backdrop of China’s “dual-carbon” goals, the complex interplay between fiscal decentralization and green taxation presents significant challenges for climate governance.
Tong Zhang, Li Zhao, Chong Li
doaj   +1 more source

EU fiscal governance and budget consolidation in Visegrád countries

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2019
Budget consolidations in Visegrád countries, which followed European financial and debt crisis, were mainly driven by external factors such as EU fiscal governance.
Zh. N. Komissarova, E. A. Sergeev
doaj   +1 more source

Fiscal Deficits and the Role of Fiscal Governance: The Case of Greece

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
Abstract : What really went wrong with Greek public finances? This paper evaluates the evidence from the decade preceding the outbreak of the fiscal crisis in Greece shedding some light on specific factors behind deviations from fiscal plans. It explains that Greece only partly fits international evidence on the economic, political and institutional ...
Kaplanoglou, G., Rapanos, V.T.
openaire   +2 more sources