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The impact of referendums on the centralisation of public goods provision : a political economy approach
Schnellenbach, Jan; Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2007 - This version: May 2007
The paper compares decision-making on the centralisation of public goods provision in the presence of regional …. Instead, it is shown that the existence of rent extraction by delegates alone suffices to make cooperative centralisation more … design under representative democracy increase the likelihood of centralisation. Direct democracy may thus be interpreted as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003592733
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The Impact of Judicial Review on American Federalism : Promoting Centralization More than State Autonomy
Somin, Ilya - 2016
The relative scope of federal and state power under the U.S. Constitution has been a major bone of contention for over 200 years. Courts have sometimes enforced substantial limits on federal authority by striking down federal laws deemed to be outside the scope of Congress’ enumerated powers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154672
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Our Federalism Is Not Europe’s : It's Becoming Argentina’s
Greve, Michael - 2012
In some ways, a 2012 symposium on “Dilemmas of State Debt” may seem a bit behind the news curve. At the end of 2010, municipal bond markets were in a deep funk. Analysts predicted that countless municipalities and perhaps one or more of the United States might default on their debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164095
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The system of revenue sharing and fiscal transfers in China
Wang, Xiao; Herd, Richard - 2013
The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a multi-level government structure that shares national tax revenues through a system of tax sharing and transfers, and divides spending assignments and responsibilities. Local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009711209
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Civic Republicanism, Public Choice Theory, and Neighborhood Councils : A New Model for Civic Engagement
Parlow, Matthew J. - 2008
This paper analyzes the lack of civic engagement in local government decision-making and the problems that result from it. I consider one explanation as viewed through public choice theory: dominant special interest groups capture local governments for their own private interests. Thus, average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773368
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Beyond the centre : tracing decentralization's influence on time-varying fiscal sustainability
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Jalles, João Tovar; … - 2024
This paper explores the nuanced relationship between fiscal decentralization and fiscal sustainability. Employing panel data analyses, it scrutinizes how decentralization influences fiscal discipline across different governmental levels. Results for 185 countries show that while tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014543839
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The Impact of Referendums on the Centralisation of Public Goods Provision : A Political Economy Approach
Schnellenbach, Jan; Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2021
The paper compares decision-making on the centralisation of public goods provision in the presence of regional …. Instead, it is shown that the existence of rent extraction by delegates alone suffices to make cooperative centralisation more … design under representative democracy increase the likelihood of centralisation. Direct democracy may thus be interpreted as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317425
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How to tame two Leviathans? : revisiting the effect of direct democracy on local public expenditure
Galletta, Sergio; Jametti, Mario - 2012
We explore how the vertical structure of direct democracy in a federal context affects expenditure decisions of sub-central governments. In so doing we revisit previous research on the effect of direct democratic institution on public policies. Particularly, the effect of upper-level (state)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665388
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Public Sector Centralization and Productivity Growth : Reviewing the German Experience
Büttner, Thiess; Behnisch, Alexej; Stegarescu, Dan - 2008
The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long-term perspective. A theoretical model shows that, due to spillover effects of public service provision across lower level governments, federal government activities could have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113360
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Central governance or subsidiarity : a property-rights approach to federalism
Lülfesmann, Christoph - 2001 - Revised: October 2000
The paper reconsiders the theory of fiscal federalism in a framework inspired by property-rights theory. We set up a two-period model where on a first stage a region in a federation can expend value-enhancing investments into a public project. The project can be implemented on a second stage,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538721