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Laboratory federalism and intergovernmental grants [PDF]
Journal of Institutional Economics, 2017 AbstractThis article contributes to an institutional economics analysis of the public economy by answering the following question: what is the role of intergovernmental grants in laboratory federalism? In line with factual evidence, the fiscal federalism literature on policy experimentation hints that grants can be employed to stimulate policy ...
Giampaolo Garzarelli, Lyndal Keeton
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On the effects of intergovernmental grants: a survey [PDF]
International Tax and Public FinanceThis paper offers a comprehensive and updated review of the effects of intergovernmental grants. We focus on the main findings in the existing literature on the effects of intergovernmental grants on tax policy and choices, expenditure decisions, fiscal ...
Manuel E. Lago +2 more
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Intergovernmental grants and bureaucratic power [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 In their role as agenda setters and implementers of political decisions, bureaucrats potentially have the power to influence decisions in their own favor.
Dahlberg, Matz +2 more
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The Political Economy of Portuguese Intergovernmental Grants [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 We use a large and unexplored dataset covering all mainland Portuguese municipalities from 1979 to 2002 to evaluate the impact of political forces in the allocation of grants from the central government to local authorities. Empirical results clearly show that, besides variables that proxy local populations' needs and the macroeconomic situation of the
Linda Gonçalves Veiga +1 more
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Topics as Outcomes: Modeling the Influence of Intergovernmental Grants on Policy Diffusion [PDF]
Policy Studies JournalIntergovernmental grants stimulate the diffusion of policy reforms, as the federal government provides states with a financial incentive to adopt policies aligned with federal priorities.
NaLette Brodnax, Sarah James
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Intergovernmental Grants and Policy Competition: Concepts, Institutions, and Evidence
Social Science Research Network, 2023 Our purpose is three-fold. First, we summarize some of the core insights from both classic and more recent papers in the literature on the role of intergovernmental grants in systems of fiscal federalism. Second, we provide an updated look at some of the
Jeffrey Clemens, Stan Veuger
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Are Intergovernmental Grants Tactical? The Evidence from Russia [PDF]
, 2008 Two hypotheses about the determinants of Russian intergovernmental grants are tested empirically. According to first hypothesis, federal transfers to regions correlate with recent voting behavior of regional electorates.
Elena Jarocińska
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Financing Governmental Decentralization, 2019 This chapter provides an overview of a major revenue source for all local government levels in Bangladesh: transfers from the central government. The material presented in this chapter was gathered and pieced together from a variety of sources since no single comprehensive description of the Bangladesh grant system existed before this study.
R. Bahl
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Taxation with Representation: Intergovernmental Grants in a Plebiscite Democracy [PDF]
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006 Economic theory predicts that unconditional intergovernmental grant income and private income are perfectly fungible. Despite this prediction, the literature on fiscal federalism documents that grant and private income are empirically non-equivalent. A large scale school finance reform in New Hampshire -- the typical school district experienced a 200 ...
Byron Lutz
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Intergovernmental grants and financial autonomy under asymmetric information [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 This paper analyses and compares the efficiency of alternative incentive compatible grant schemes under asymmetric information relieving subnational governments of excessive debt burden.
Herold, Katharina
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