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Capitalization of state tax rates in housing values at state borders, 2000–2017
Real Estate Economics, Volume 53, Issue 6, Page 1178-1199, November 2025.Abstract We derive a model that demonstrates the interrelationship between housing prices, tax rates, government services, and naturally occurring amenities between adjacent markets. The model is tested against county‐level data at state borders using US Census housing price data from 2000 to 2017.
Yulong Chen, Liyuan Ma, Peter F. Orazem
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Reducing horizontal neglect in local government: The role of informal institutions
Public Administration Review, Volume 85, Issue 6, Page 1788-1803, November/December 2025.Abstract The problem of “horizontal neglect” is fundamental to decentralization. However, while individual local authorities may lack incentives to consider the benefits and costs that their actions have on others, they are not always indifferent to these spillover effects. The study focuses on a clear case of horizontal neglect, namely the tendency of
Jostein Askim +2 more
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Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 7336-7362, October 2025.ABSTRACT Despite fiscal reforms aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 17.1—strengthening domestic resource mobilization for development—the impact of fiscal autonomy on local economic development (LED) in South Africa remains underexplored. Therefore, this study examines the impact of fiscal autonomy across 248 municipalities from 2009
Nara Monkam, Charles Shaaba Saba
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 619-626, October/December 2025.Abstract There is an increasingly powerful argument for the decentralisation of policy making in England's highly centralised political context. In recent years, this issue has represented one of the clearest examples of consensus in the UK's increasingly polarised party politics.
James Hickson, Jack Newman
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Regulation &Governance, Volume 19, Issue 4, Page 1037-1062, October 2025.ABSTRACT Effective cyber incident response and crisis management increasingly relies on the coordination of relevant actors at supranational levels. A polycentric governance structure is one of the institutional arrangements that can promote active participation of involved actors, an aspect decisive for the rapid and effective response to cyber ...
Mazaher Kianpour, Christopher Frantz
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Growth and Change, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2025.ABSTRACT While numerous studies have examined tax increment financing (TIF), most focus on its impact on job creation and property value growth. This paper addresses a key gap in the literature by investigating the effect of TIF on local income. Utilizing a unique dataset on income measures for Iowa school districts from 2003 to 2018, we employ two‐way‐
Yoon‐Jung Choi, Phuong Nguyen‐Hoang
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Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 4, Page 951-964, September 2025.ABSTRACT Territorial reforms of administrative boundaries primarily aim at pursuing cost and administrative efficiency objectives, but their impact on the political engagement of local communities remains unclear. Moreover, while amalgamations have been widely studied, little is known about the effects of territorial fragmentation.
Augusto Cerqua, Dante Di Matteo
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On the Relative Contributions of National and Regional Institutions to Economic Development
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 4, Page 1118-1136, September 2025.ABSTRACT Institutional quality is recognized as a fundamental driver of long‐run growth (Acemoglu et al. 2005) and it has been widely studied at both country and regional levels in the economic growth literature. Nevertheless, the literature is scant on the question of how this relationship behaves when the hierarchical structure of regions and ...
Daniel Aparicio‐Pérez +3 more
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Fostering Urban Climate Transition Through Innovative Governance Coordination
Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 631-646, August 2025.ABSTRACT The role of cities in addressing the challenge of climate change is growing and becoming more noticeable in global debates and actions on the ground. However, transformative innovations needed for addressing complex and wicked societal challenges cannot be achieved by cities alone and require concerted efforts also at national and ...
Kateryna Pereverza +2 more
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Individual preferences, government policy, and COVID-19: A game-theoretic epidemiological analysis. [PDF]
Appl Math Model, 2023 Zhou Y, Rahman MM, Khanam R, Taylor BR.
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