Search Results - subject:"Barnett formula"

Allocating grant to the UK's devolved territories by needs assessment : lessons from school funding formulae in England and Scotland

King, David N.; Eiser, David - In: Fiscal studies : the journal of the Institute for … 38 (2017) 1, pp. 81-109

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Reform of the Barnett Formula with needs assessment : can the challenges be overcome?

King, David N.; Eiser, David - In: Regional studies 50 (2016) 5, pp. 790-804

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Assessing relative spending needs of devolved government : the case of healthcare spending in the UK

Ball, Robert; Eiser, David; King, David N. - In: Regional studies 49 (2015) 2, pp. 323-336

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The Economic Case for Fiscal Federalism in Scotland

MacDonald, Ronald; Hallwood, Paul - 2004

In this paper we consider the case for assigning tax revenues to Scotland, by which we mean that taxes levied on Scottish tax bases should be returned to the Scottish budget. The budget, however, would continue to be supplemented by transfers from the Westminster budget. This arrangement differs...

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Reforming Taxation in the Scotland Act (1998): Hard Budget Constraints and the Inadequacy of the Calman Commission Proposals

Hallwood, Paul - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2010

We demonstrate that both the Barnett formula used to calculate changes in public spending by the Scottish Parliament …

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The Barnett Allocation Mechanism: Formula Plus Influence?

Christie, Alex; Swales, J. Kim - In: Regional Studies 44 (2010) 6, pp. 761-775

seeks to explain why the operation of the Barnett formula has failed to generate convergence in the per capita public … devolution has not changed the Barnett formula, it has altered the environment in which it operates and that this may well …. y Swales J. K. El mecanismo de la asignacion Barnett: ¿formula mas influencia?, Regional Studies. El objetivo de este …

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Minimizing the Price of Tranquility: How to Discourage Scotland's Secession from the United Kingdom

Hallwood, Paul - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2008

What some view as overly-generous funding of the Scottish parliament results from Scotland.s credible threat to secede from the United Kingdom. Scotland is shown to benefit from a second mover advantage in a non-cooperative sequential game over the allocation of public funds. Various reform...

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Embeddedness of UK devolution finance within the public expenditure system

Heald, David; Mcleod, Alasdair - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 495-518

of the Barnett formula since devolution in order to deepen understanding of how devolution finance is embedded within the …) has not yet been matched by transparency about the numerical operation of a key element in the system, namely the Barnett … formula, which regulates the budget envelopes of the devolved administrations. This paper tracks the numerical implementation …

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Economics of devolution/decentralization in the UK: Some questions and answers

Mcgregor, Peter; Swales, Kim - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 477-494

that the economies of all the presently devolved regions ultimately suffer if the Barnett Formula is rigorously imposed. It …

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Convergence of Public Expenditures in UK Territories

Bailey, Stephen; Fingland, Lisa - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 7, pp. 845-858

operation of the Barnett Formula. Rather than there being convergence towards comparable public spending per capita in England …

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