Search Results - subject:"devolution"

On the 'economic dividend' of devolution

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Gill, Nicholas - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 405-420

Rodriguez-Pose A. and Gill N. (2005) On the 'economic dividend' of devolution, Regional Studies 39 , 405-420. Recent … political and academic discourse about devolution has tended to stress the economic advantages of the transfer of power from …, outlines two related caveats. First, there are many forces that accompany devolution and work in an opposite direction …

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The Emerging Roles of County Governments in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas: Findings From a National Survey

Lobao, Linda; Kraybill, David S. - In: Economic Development Quarterly 19 (2005) 3, pp. 245-259

During the past few decades, local governments have extended the scope of their activities in response to changing economic and political conditions. By and large, research on local governments neglects counties, now the fastest growing general-purpose governments. This article examines...

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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

Heald D. and McLeod A. (2005) Embeddedness of UK devolution finance within the public expenditure system, Regional … of the Barnett formula since devolution in order to deepen understanding of how devolution finance is embedded within the … six analytical categories developed for the purpose. The empirical results show that the UK devolution financing system …

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Visionary, precautionary and constrained 'varieties of devolution' in the economic governance of the devolved UK territories

Cooke, Philip; Clifton, Nick - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 437-451

Cooke P. and Clifton N. (2005) Visionary, precautionary and constrained 'varieties of devolution' in the economic … historical and theoretical context. Since devolution in 1999, manufacturing job loss has been a common fear in Northern Ireland …

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Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution

Keating, Michael - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 453-463

Keating M. (2005) Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution, Regional Studies 39 , 453—463. The …

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A new regional policy for Britain

Gill, Stephen FOTHER - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 5, pp. 659-667

also prioritizes the devolution of decision-making over positive discrimination from the centre in favour of less …

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Public Health Expenditure and Spatial Interactions in a Decentralized National Health System

Font, Joan Costa; Novell, Jordi Pons - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2005

One of the limitations of cross-country health expenditure analysis refers to the fact that the financing, the internal organization and political restraints of health care decision-making are country-specific and heterogeneous. Yet, a potential solution is to examine the influence of such...

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A model for HRM strategic integration

Sheehan, Cathy - In: Personnel Review 34 (2005) 2, pp. 192-209

Purpose – The broad aims of this research are to analyse the status of, and processes underlying, strategic human resource management (HRM) integration within organisations and to contribute to theory development in the area. A great deal of attention is given in the literature to the...

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Dynamisierung der Wirtschaft durch Dezentralisation mittels moderner Informationstechnologie : Kompartimente als Gegengewichte zur Welt AG

Brix, Franz - 2005

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How fiscal decentralization flattens progressive taxes

Hodler, Roland; Schmidheiny, Kurt - 2005

We study the tension between fiscal decentralization and progressive taxation. We present a multi-community model in which households differ in incomes and housing preferences and in which the local income tax rate is a function of an exogenous progressive tax schedule and an endogenous local...

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