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The Flypaper Effect

1999
Chapter 9 set out the traditional theory of grants-in-aid which shows how, in terms of the stimulatory effect on local government spending, a general lump-sum grant has the same effect as an equivalent increase in the disposable incomes of the individuals in the community (represented by the median voter).
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The Flypaper Effect Revisited: An Econometric Explanation

The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987
Monte Carlo evidence is presented which supports the conclusion that when a block grants variable in an ordinary least squares (OLS) model is endogenously constructed due to the closed-ended nature of matching aid, estimates of the propensity to spend lump-sum aid are biased upward.
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A Model of Asymmetries in the Flypaper Effect

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2005
In this applied research study we examine the changing fiscal relationship between state and local governments. Our research question is simple: Do local governments treat state aid during periods of stability and instability in a systematic manner? Using data on Wisconsin's unconditional shared revenues program from 1990 to 2000, we find evidence of a
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A predictive index for the flypaper effect

Journal of Public Economics, 1998
Abstract It is well established that lump-sum public grants boost local government spending more than an equivalent increase in private income, the flypaper effect. One shortcoming of the related literature is that it presumes all communities have an identical propensity to consume from an intergovernmental grant.
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The flypaper effect and other anomalies

Journal of Public Economics, 1983
Abstract I develop a model in which income, both in its own right and as a proxy for other socioeconomic characteristics, is an input in the production function for local public services (the most obvious example is education, though there are other applications as well). The comparative statics results from this model yield the following results. (1)
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Intergovernmental Transfers and the Flypaper Effect in Turkey

Turkish Studies, 2004
Intergovernmental transfers can affect the level of local expenditures. Empirical studies indicate that lump sum grants have more stimulative effect on the level of public expenditures than local private income, which is termed “the flypaper effect.” This study examines whether grants cause the flypaper effect in the face of linear budget constraint in
Sa Sa/Ğbafi, Nac Tolga Saruçş
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Is there an intrahousehold 'flypaper effect'? [PDF]

, 1997
Are public transfers targeted toward children largely neutralized by the household, as the theory of altruism implies, or is there an intrahousehold “flypaper effect” whereby such transfers “stick” to the child? This paper studies the impact of a school feeding program on child caloric intake in the Philippines.
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What shapes the flypaper effect? The role of the political environment in the budget process

Local Government Studies, 2022
Miriam Hortas Rico, Vicente Rios
exaly  

Flypaper effect and partisanship theories best explain municipal financial performance in Latin America

Policy Studies, 2022
Francisco Bastida, Lorenzo Estrada
exaly  

Ecological Fiscal Transfers and State-Level Budgetary Spending in India: Analyzing the Flypaper Effects

India Studies in Business and Economics, 2023
Ranjan Kumar Mohanty
exaly