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Partial Fiscal Decentralization [PDF]
The fiscal decentralization impulse now sweeping the world often leads to partial decentralization, where subnational governments are funded by central transfers, rather than leading to full local autonomy.
Jan K. Brueckner
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Public Administration Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 184-198, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT In 2009, the US federal government created the Build America Bond (BAB) program to improve access to the capital markets for state and local governments. While the federal government typically subsidizes subnational capital financing indirectly through tax exemption, the BAB program provided direct cash subsidies to governments.
Martin J. Luby +2 more
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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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A Comparison of Political Institutions in a Tiebout Model
, 1995 Also known as SFI WORKING PAPER: 1995-04 ...
Page, Scott E. +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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A Historical Test of the Tiebout Hypothesis: Local Heterogeneity from 1850 to 1990 [PDF]
The Tiebout hypothesis, which states that individuals will costlessly sort themselves across local communities according to their public good preferences, is the workhorse of the local public finance literature.
Koleman S. Strumpf, Paul W. Rhode
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