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Un Test sulle Ipotesi delle Proiezioni a Medio-Lungo Termine della Spesa Farmaceutica
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We use the same methodology, that Ecofin-Oecd apply for projecting expenditure in the medium-long term, to reconstruct expenditure in the medium-long past. It is possible to compare the effective expenditure with the reconstructed one. The effective expenditure is of course influenced by policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114476
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Institutional design and implicit incentives in Bolivia's decentralization model (1994-2008)
Baja Daza, Gover; Villarroel Böhrt, Sergio; Zavaleta … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
institutional design of Bolivia’s decentralization model and its evolution. Subnational public finance data up to 2008 is used to … verify that decentralization of expenditure was higher than that of revenue, establishing a context of vertical fiscal … estimated to identify and assess the implicit incentives embedded in fiscal institutions of the decentralization model. Findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258016
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The effects of fiscal autonomy on the size of public sector and the strength of political budget cycles in local expenditure
Köppl Turyna, Monika; Kula, Grzegorz; Balmas, Agata; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We analyze the effects of political business cycles and fiscal autonomy on the expenditure categories of Polish municipalities. Using System GMM technique, we find convincing evidence for strong political business cycles in almost all expenditure categories, and in particular for the categories...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276373
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Unemployment and Clientelism: The Piqueteros of Argentina
Ponce, Aldo Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper sheds light on possible explanations for the success and sustainability of the piqueteros social movement in Argentina, developed from a comparative perspective based on Latin America. I show which institutional arrangements, political actors, and configurations of power contributed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837272
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Who Contributes? A Strategic Approach to a European Immigration Policy
Russo, Giuseppe; Senatore, Luigi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
According to the Lisbon Treaty the increasing cost of enforcing the European border against immigration shall be shared among the EU members. Nonetheless, the Treaty is rather vague with respect to the "appropriate measures" to adopt in order to distribute the financial burden. Members who do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294959
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Стратегия развития системы городского самоуправления в новых экономических условиях
Kaluzhsky, Mikhail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Article about the problems of municipal governments related to fiscal consolidation in the Russian regions and the construction of the vertical of power during the first presidency of Vladimir Putin. The author analyzes the impact of the decline of the financial base of the city governments and...
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Interregional Inequality and Federal Expenditures and Transfers in Russia
Torbenko, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The paper considers the influence of federal government expenditures and transfers on interregional convergence in gross regional product (GRP) per capita and wages in Russia over 2005--2011. Such an influence is not found. The federal government's policy was reactive and was not focused on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110902
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The asymmetric nature of fiscal decentralization: theory and practice
Sacchi, Agnese; Salotti, Simone - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
A relevant mismatch between tax and expenditure decentralization characterizes many industrialized countries. The … former is usually less pronounced than the latter, resulting in asymmetric fiscal decentralization arrangements. We … consensus on the benefits of a well-balanced decentralization process. We find that asymmetry is intrinsic to fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111831
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平成の大合併と歳出削減‐類似団体別市町村財政指数表を用いた実証分析‐
Hirota, Haruaki; Yunoue, Hideo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The number of municipalities in Japan has decreased from 3,232 in 1999 to 1,820 in 2006 because of municipal mergers, called Heisei-no-Daigappei. This paper estimates the effects of municipal mergers in Japan’s local public expenditure. In order to evaluate the expenditure of municipal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260237
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妊婦健診公費負担額における相互参照行動
Adachi, Yoshimi; Saito, Hitoshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
In this paper, the public burden for physical check-up of pregnant women is considered. This is a public expense that must be implemented by local governments independently. Public expenditure in this regard may be determined strategically by local governments to take into account the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262864