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This paper analyzes the process of reform of India's federal system, with a focus on fiscal federalism. We first … dynamics of India's federal system. …
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In their role as agenda setters and implementers of political decisions, bureaucrats potentially have the power to influence decisions in their own favor. It is however difficult to empirically test whether bureaucrats actually are involved in such actions. In this paper we suggest and apply a...
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paper we consider a fiscal federalism structure and we investigate the suitable instruments that are needed in order to …
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extend the analysis to a fiscal federalism setting with two levels of government. To accomplish this goal we start by … very different structure than the one derived in previous fiscal federalism studies. We also find that it is vital to model …
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We analyze a model where the federal government provides risk sharing arrangements to municipalities investing in a local public good. The risk sharing arrangements are an income equalization system and a system allowing for a soft budget constraint, i.e., a bailout. Our main result is that a...
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This paper addresses transboundary environmental problems in the context of an optimal tax problem, when part of the labor force is mobile across countries. The policy instruments include both commodity taxation and nonlinear income taxation. We show how the tax policy in a noncooperative...
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This paper examines India's federal system in the context of prospects for India's future economic growth and … development. After a brief review of India's recent policy reforms and economic development outcomes, and of the country's federal … institutions, the analysis focuses on the major issues with respect to India's federal system in terms of their developmental …
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This article examines recent and potential reforms in India's fiscal federal system. We summarize key federal … institutions in India, including tax and expenditure assignments, and mechanisms for Center-state transfers. We discuss the … context of, and been influenced by, broader economic reform in India. …
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This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with …
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This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with …
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