Search Results - subject:"FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION"

The impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil liberties in the Americas

Bojanic, Antonio N. - In: Economies 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil … a more inclusive, participatory government. The impact of fiscal decentralization on economic freedom, however, runs … fiscal decentralization affects the principal variables intensifies, noting that in developing countries the impact of fiscal …

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Relocation of the Rich: Migration in Response to Top Tax Rate Changes from Spanish Reforms

Agrawal, David R.; Foremny, Dirk - 2018

A recent Spanish tax reform granted regions the authority to set income tax rates, resulting in substantial tax differentials. We use individual-level information from Social Security records over a period of one decade. Conditional on moving, taxes have a significant effect on location choice....

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Normative versus positive approach to fiscal decentralisation and the measures of decentralisation: An analysis based on the example of selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe

Guziejewska, Beata - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 21 (2018) 1, pp. 101-117

This article deals with the problem of a discrepancy between the recommendations of the theory of public finance, in its various trends, and decentralisation processes in practice. The analysis is both theoretical and empirical. The aim of the discussion is to present the theoretical findings...

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Blockchain : The Birth of Decentralized Governance

Arruñada, Benito; Garicano, Luis - 2018

By allowing networks to split, decentralized blockchain platforms protect members against hold up, but hinder coordination, given that adaptation decisions are ultimately decentralized. The current solutions to improve coordination, based on “premining” cryptocoins, taxing members and...

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Interregional Fiscal Flows and Horizontal Fiscal Equalization in India, 2001-2015

Sethia, Deepak - 2018

There is a large body of literature measuring interregional fiscal flows through federal fiscal policy in the European and North American contexts. However, federal countries in the developing world have not received similar attention. This article provides the first published estimates of...

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The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Urban Agglomeration : Evidence from China

Wu, Alfred M. - 2018

economics models do not fully capture the impact of political institutions, particularly fiscal decentralization, on urban size … wherein fiscal decentralization is negatively associated with urban agglomeration. Such phenomena can be attributed to the … outcome of fiscal decentralization without proper control in shaping urban hierarchy in China and the findings provide lessons …

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The Dark Side of Fiscal Federalism : Evidence from Hospital Care in Italy

Berta, Paolo - 2018

We use 2009-14 data from patients hospital discharges to assess the effects of fiscal federalism on the quality of care provided to regional and extraregional patients in Lombardy. Empirical results suggest that even after controlling for hospital fixed effects, patients demographic and health...

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The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Urban Agglomeration : Evidence from China

Wu, Alfred M. - 2018

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Differential Effects of Fiscal Decentralization : Local Revenue Share vs. Local Fiscal Autonomy

Lee, Sunhyung - 2018

We show that the efficacy of fiscal decentralization in enhancing economic growth and labor productivity growth depends … effects, we introduce a distinct measure of fiscal decentralization that serves as a proxy for taxes collected at the sub … practical in nature. In addition to proposing a new proxy for fiscal decentralization, we evaluate the permanent impact of …

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Regional Risk Sharing and Redistribution - The Role of Fiscal Mechanisms in Switzerland

Feld, Lars P. - 2018

This paper analyses the importance of fiscal mechanisms for regional risk sharing and redistribution in Switzerland. Switzerland is a particularly interesting setting in this context because it features both a high level of fiscal autonomy for Swiss cantons and explicit fiscal transfers between...

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