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Can regional transfers buy public support? Evidence from EU structural policy [PDF]
Regional transfers are assumed to have an impact on the public opinion towards the benefactor, but empirical evidence is still scarce. In this paper we test this hypothesis for the structural funds of the European Union (EU) by combining detailed data on
Osterloh, Steffen
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong +3 more
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The Legal Architecture of Intergovernmental Transfers: A Comparative Examination
, 2006 An enormous body of literature exists on intergovernmental transfers between central governments and federal subunits. This work focuses almost exclusively on the economic justifications for such transfers, their design, and the challenges they pose to ...
Perrin, Benjamin, Choudhry, Sujit
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
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A Tax on Tax Revenue. The Incentive Effects of Equalizing Transfers: Evidence from Germany [PDF]
Several recent studies suggest that equalizing transfers in a federal system may distort the tax policy decisions of states. We study this issue for the German federal fiscal system.
Karl Lichtblau +2 more
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Environmental Footprint of Diffuse Emissions in European Functional Urban Areas
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper quantifies the environmental footprint of diffuse air emissions across 776 European functional urban areas (FUAs) from 2005 to 2022 by coupling Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) gridded inventories with the Environmental Footprint (EF) 3.1 framework.
Iñaki Sasia, Gorka Bueno, Iker Etxano
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Local government finance in Ireland: The four pillars of fiscal decentralisation
AdministrationThis article outlines Ireland’s system of local government finance using a conceptual framework drawn from the fiscal federalism and municipal finance literature.
Turley Gerard
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Bilateral Federalism, Value-Based Healthcare and the Future of Canadian Intergovernmental Diplomacy on Health. [PDF]
Healthc Policy, 2023 Mcintosh T.
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A fiscal needs approach to equalization transfers in a decentralized federation [PDF]
The author reviews the conceptual basis for fiscal equalization transfers, analyzes the theoretical implications for optimal design of equalization transfers, and suggests quantitative approaches for assessing the fiscal needs of subnational governments ...
Shah, Anwar, DEC
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires transparent and accountable local governments, yet little is known about the structural drivers of municipal transparency. This study introduces a machine learning approach to predict municipal transparency using the Bidimensional Transparency Index (BTI), which measures both the ...
Ana M. Plata‐Díaz +3 more
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