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Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as pork barrel [PDF]
This paper uses a simultaneous equations model to analyse increases in intergovernmental fiscal transfers and associated vote changes in Portuguese legislative elections. Results suggest that election year increases in transfers by the central government to municipalities secure added votes, and that these transfers are targeted at jurisdictions where ...
Linda Gonçalves Veiga +1 more
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Testing regional intergovernmental transfers effects in Uruguay
Using an unbalanced panel of 18 Uruguayan regional governments from 1991 to 2017, we explore the hypothesis of flypaper and asymmetrical effects on the regional public expenditures.
Leonel Muinelo-Gallo
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The new Spanish system of intergovernmental transfers [PDF]
This article analyses the workings of the new Spanish system of intergovernmental transfers, which has been in operation since 2009, and compares its expected effects with those of the model that was in force until 2008. The paper considers the effects of the new model at the base year of application and the growth over time of these effects.
Antoni Zabalza, Julio Lopez-Laborda
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Intergovernmental Transfers: An Evaluation of Mechanism and Design of Transfers in Pakistan [PDF]
The 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award has seemingly put an end to the deadlock over revenue distribution among the constituents of the federation in Pakistan. This paper argues that though the 7th NFC Award’s use of multiple indicator criteria for the distribution of resources is a step forward in the right direction ...
Idrees Khawaja, Musleh ud Din
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This study empirically examines the influence of intergovernmental transfers and the fall of it to local government’s expenditure in Indonesia as well as the possibility of flypaper effect occurrence over pandemic.
Sherlita Nurosidah +2 more
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Expenditure Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers – the Case of Slovenia
The purpose of this paper is to provide the evidence on the "stickiness" of intergovernmental transfers. Namely, intergovernmental transfers have fiscal (expenditure) effects as they stimulate provision of local government goods and services, and this ...
Primož Pevcin
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Reforming Institutions from Inside: Federalism and Inequality in Brazil
Some authors argue that the federal system in Brazil leads to economic inequality. Nevertheless, there are federations with low levels of inequality, such as Canada, Australia and Germany. Using the Brazilian case as an example, we argue that this can be
Gabriel Cepaluni
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Debt burden, local Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Incentives of Regional Authorities
The author considers fiscal incentives of regional authorities in the system of federal intergovernmental relations. The aim of the study is to determine how the debt burden of Russian regions affects regional fiscal policy in the context of federal co ...
E. N. Timushev
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Structure of Federal Interbudgetary Transfers and the Relationship Between Federal and Regional Level Transfers [PDF]
The goal of this paper is to comprehensively characterize federal intergovernmental transfers and establish the degree of similarity between federal and intraregional transfers.
E.N. Timushev
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Indonesia's fiscal decentralization initiative aims for two essential goals to strengthen regional financial independence and social welfare. However, intergovernmental transfers could also reduce the urgency of local governments to increase their ...
Ika Khoirunisa, Agus Sunarya Sulaeman
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