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Local fiscal equalization in Estonia : is a reform necessary?
Friedrich, Peter; Nam, Chang-woon; Reiljan, Janno - 2009
hands of the central government. We discuss how a strict application of the connexity principle can protect municipalities … on the unconditional, down-flow grant system in Estonia. In particular the procedure of determining the total sum of … block grants appears to be changed. -- fiscal equalization ; municipal finance ; connexity ; principles of parallelism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887473
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Local Fiscal Equalization in Estonia : Is a Reform Necessary?
Friedrich, Peter - 2009
hands of the central government. We discuss how a strict application of the connexity principle can protect municipalities … on the unconditional, down-flow grant system in Estonia. In particular the procedure of determining the total sum of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155938
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Local Fiscal Equalization in Estonia: Is a Reform Necessary?
Friedrich, Peter; Nam, Chang Woon; Reiljan, Janno - CESifo - 2009
hands of the central government. We discuss how a strict application of the connexity principle can protect municipalities … on the unconditional, down-flow grant system in Estonia. In particular the procedure of determining the total sum of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533988
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The Unfunded Mandates in Local Governments Financing : Crises Experiences from Estonia
Friedrich, Peter - 2015
. Then they discuss the connexity principle in order to avoid unfunded mandates and respective functions variations in crises …. In Estonia the development of revenues and expenditures of central and local governments reflect tendencies to cause … unfunded mandates especially in the period of crisis from 2009 to 2011. To fight unfunded mandates the connexity principle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015697
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Lost in America : evidence on local sales taxes from national panel data
Agrawal, David - 2014 - This Version: June 2014
This paper studies comprehensive national panel data of local option sales taxes at the monthly frequency. I calculate state-by-month population weighted averages of local sales tax rates. I document ten stylized facts concerning the time series patterns and spatial dynamics of local sales...
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Case study of central and local government finance in Japan
Bessho, Shun-ichiro - 2016
This paper aims to provide an overview of the basics of Japan's local public administration and finance system and to analyze how Japan's municipalities restore their fiscal balance after a fiscal shock. In Japan, local governments play a major role in redistribution. Combined with regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557018
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Frameworks for central-local government relations and fiscal sustainability
Morgan, Peter J.; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016
Sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging Asian economies requires continued high levels of public sector investment in areas such as infrastructure, education, health, and social services. These responsibilities, especially with regard to infrastructure investment, need to be devolved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561683
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Fiscal decentralization and local budget deficits in Viet Nam : an empirical analysis
Morgan, Peter J.; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016
Since 1975, Viet Nam has gradually decentralized more fiscal responsibilities to local authorities. This study has two objectives: (i) to take stock of the current institutional framework for intergovernmental fiscal relations in Viet Nam, and (ii) to empirically assess the debt sustainability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561785
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Local fiscal equalization in Estonia : is a reform necessary?
Friedrich, Peter; Nam, Chang-woon; Reiljan, Janno - In: Review of urban & regional development studies : … 22 (2010) 2/3, pp. 165-180
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008987680
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Cities in fiscal equalization
Buettner, Thiess; Holm-Hadulla, Fédéric - 2008
Redistributive grants schemes, such as fiscal equalization, are a common characteristic of local public finance in several countries. However, large and small jurisdictions are treated differently by the respective fiscal equalization schemes that often tend to favour larger jurisdictions. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264475