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Does Intergovernmental Transfers Cause Flypaper effect on Local Spending? [PDF]
The local expenditure in Indonesia either province level or district level rely upon intergovernmental transfers. Theoretically, if the lump sums transfers have more stimulate effect on the local expenditure rather than local private income, they can ...
Agus Widarjono
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Regional Heterogeneity of Preferences and Intergovernmental Transfers [PDF]
We develop a model with optimal shares of intergovernmental transfers, and we apply a simulation analysis of our model for the case of Mexico. The main outcomes of this paper are as follows: First, we provide optimal shares of intergovernmental funds to be allocated in each state considering the regional distribution of the benefits of local public ...
Raúl Alberto Ponce Rodríguez +1 more
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Expenditure Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers – the Case of Slovenia [PDF]
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 ...
Pevcin, Primož, Primož Pevcin
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Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as pork barrel [PDF]
This paper simultaneously analyses the determinants of intergovernmental fiscal transfers and the votes that these transfers earn in subsequent legislative elections in Portugal. Results suggest that election year increases in transfers by the central government to municipalities secure added votes, and that these transfers are targeted at ...
Linda G. Veiga, Francisco José Veiga
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A Practitioner’s Guide to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers [PDF]
Intergovernmental fiscal transfers are a dominant feature of sub-national finance in most countries. They are used to ensure that revenues roughly match the expenditure needs of various orders (levels) of sub-national governments. They are also used to advance national, regional and local area objectives such as fairness and equity and creating a ...
Anwar Shah
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Intergovernmental Transfers and Expenditure Arrears [PDF]
Local governments may increase expenditure arrears to relax the financial constraints induced by intergovernmental transfer cuts. We assess this hypothesis using information from accounting and financial reports from Italian municipalities for the period 2003-2010.
Chiades, Paolo +4 more
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The main problem of this research was to analyze the local government response to the intergovernmental transfers. The main objective of this research was to get a deeper analytical results about the contribution of the intergovernmental transfers on the
Haryo Kuncoro
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An Analysis of Optimal Tax Revenue Sharing for Mexico
We develop an analysis that identifies the characteristics of an optimal system of shared tax collection and intergovernmental transfers. Mathematical optimization is used to find the level of taxes and intergovernmental transfers.
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez +1 more
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Do targeted intergovernmental fiscal transfers improve health outcomes? Evidence from Kenyan decentralization using the difference-in-differences technique. [PDF]
Background As envisioned by the 2010 Constitution, Kenya implemented a devolved system of government in March 2013, setting up 47 counties and a corresponding number of local governments. These counties differed in their levels of development.
Thapa BB +4 more
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Instruments for Stimulating Regional Economic Growth in Russia [PDF]
The article examines the instruments used in intergovernmental fiscal relations in order to promote economic growth of the regions of the Russian Federation.
Igor Yu. Arlashkin
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