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specifically on population, in theory the easiest variable for the grantor to verify. We analyze the Spanish case and show how a … manipulation of the population numbers used by central government to allocate grants to municipalities. As a result, registers … identify the effects of grants on population over-reporting taking profit of notches in the grant scheme (i.e., one based on …
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. Bunching at kinks and notches in a single budget set have been used to estimate the taxable income elasticity. We show that … when the heterogeneity distribution is unrestricted the amount of bunching at a kink or a notch is not informative about …
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In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on the cost efficiency of local jurisdictions. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of fiscal equalization or an increase in the amount of grants...
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[Einführung] Der kommunale Finanzausgleich ist ein vertikaler Ausgleich mit horizontalem Effekt. Die originären … Steuerquellen der Gemeinden reichen nicht aus, um ihre Ausgaben zu finanzieren. Der Finanzausgleich dient zunächst einmal dazu, die … Gemeinden in den Finanzausgleich einbezogen werden, deren Finanzbedarf kleiner ist als ihre Steuerkraft. In Kapitel 2 wird …
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subventions in Spain, and the magnitude of the effect is comparable to that of economic variables. In particular, we find strong …
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Motivated by recent disasters, this paper analyzes the risk sharing aspect in a federation. The regions can be hit by a shock leading to losses that occur with an exogenous probability and in a stochastically independent way. The regions can spend effort on selfinsurance to reduce the size of...
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We analyze a simple model of local public good provision in a country consisting of a large number of heterogeneous regions, each comprising two districts, a city and a village. When districts remain autonomous and local public goods have positive spillover effects on the neighbouring district,...
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We report on the nature of a utility optimizing transfer from one regional government to another when local public goods are present. Computer examples reveal that small differences in regional endowments result in large differences in equilibrium outcomes for two regions, under optimal...
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Finanzausgleich dient unter anderem dazu, mögliche Verwerfungen abzufangen, die sich hieraus ergeben. Um dieser Funktion gerecht zu … zentralen Themengebieten auseinander: Kapitel 2 widmet sich zunächst dem vertikalen Finanzausgleich zwischen Landes- und … Gutachten schließt mit der Diskussion ausgewählter Grundsatzfragen im Zusammenhang mit dem kommunalen Finanzausgleich in …
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