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Local government and fiscal transfers : enhancing or weakening democracy?

Nemec, Juraj (ed.); Plaček, Michal (ed.); Reddy, P. S. (ed.) - 2026

This open access book analyses whether and to what extent fiscal transfers from central to local governments affect democracy at sub-national level. Fiscal transfers are often perceived to undermine democracy, as politicians utilise them to build patronage networks, weaken opposition candidates,...

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Assessment of excessive municipal education spending

Bartkus, Algirdas - In: Ekonomika : mokslo žurnalas 104 (2025) 4, pp. 132-149

A tight budgetary situation in Lithuania forces the Government to seek savings, plan financial resources carefully, and monitor their use closely. As a result, municipalities - which are responsible for im‑ plementing several delegated functions - are often viewed unfavourably by the central...

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Towards a measure of local government performance in Ghana : conceptual framework, data, and results

Chachu, Daniel Ofoe; Danquah, Michael; Gisselquist, … - 2025

citizens. Despite extensive debate on their effectiveness, systematic methods to assess local government performance remain … proposes a conceptual framework to measure local government performance, applying it to Ghana-a stable democracy and a leader … measure' is good enough to capture variations in local government performance, despite a restricted list of indicators. Our …

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The flypaper effect phenomenon of intergovernmental transfers during the Covid-19 : evidence from Indonesia

Wati, Lela Nurlaela; Ispriyahadi, Heri; Zakaria, Dhika … - In: Zbornik radova Ekonomskog Fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis … 40 (2022) 2, pp. 353-373

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Pay incentives to run for local governments

Cerqua, Augusto; Nocito, Samuel; Pinto, Gabriele - 2026

Local governments in advanced democracies have increasingly struggled to attract political candidates, weakening electoral competition and accountability at the municipal level. While several factors may contribute to this trend, politicians' salaries represent one of the few policy levers that...

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Urban social movements and local state capacity

Bradlow, Benjamin H. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 173 (2024), pp. 1-13

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Strengthening environmental governance for sustainable development : appraising the impact of local government in rural Bangladesh

Faisal, Md. Zaki; Khan, Md. Shihab Uddin; Islam, … - 2026

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The effects of intergovernmental transfers on the local fiscal incentives of Brazilian municipalities

Alves, Pedro Jorge Holanda; Araujo, Jevuks Matheus de - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 13 (2024), pp. 1-20

The objective of this work is to analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on the behavior of Brazilian municipal policymakers. This work uses the first three cutoffs of the transfer rules of the Municipal Participation Fund (FPM) and applies a regression discontinuity designs (RDD) to...

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Power and purpose : the quiet evolution of Canadian municipal law

Taylor, Zachary Todd; Mutter, Craig; Lyons, Joseph; … - 2026 - Second edition

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The role of industrialisation in education expenditure : municipal budgets in Biscay : 1860-1910

Palacios-Mateo, Adrian - In: Revista de historia económica : RHE 42 (2024) 1, pp. 59-90

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