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federalism by employing a simple dummy variable neglect potentially important institutional details. Based on a principal … component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining differences in (1 … institutional details do, indeed, matter. Different aspects of federalism impact on the outcome variables to different degrees. This …
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This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically …
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The link between federalism and economic performance is still ambiguous. Aiming at clarification, we improve on a … widespread shortcoming by measuring federalism not just by one variable but by various institutions that constitute it. To this … end, Switzerland provides for a laboratory as its 26 cantons share a common framework, while the extent of federalism …
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This paper exploits a recent devolution of tax setting powers in the German federation to study the effects of fiscal equalization on subnational governments’ tax policy. Based on an analysis of the system of fiscal equalization transfers, we argue that the redistribution of revenues provides...
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Previous empirical studies suggest that decentralization, measured by the number of government layers, is associated with less foreign direct investment (FDI). With an improved dataset on tax autonomy of sub-federal government tiers, we present evidence that fiscal decentralization (de facto)...
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