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Do local elections affect the spending of intergovernmental transfers? : evidence from Germany's stimulus package of 2009

Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P. - 2025 - This version: October 2025

In this paper, we study whether local spending of intergovernmental grants is influenced by mayoral elections in the grant receiving municipality. We exploit the implementation of the German federal government's second economic stimulus package of 2009 (K2) in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg as...

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Do local elections affect the spending of intergovernmental transfers? : evidence from Germany’s stimulus package of 2009

Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P. - 2024

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Do fiscal transfers stick under fiscal stress? : evidence of the flypaper effect from Manipur, North-Eastern Region of India

Jacob, Gaidimlung K. - 2026

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Tax responses in local public finance : the flypaper effect at work

Köthenbürger, Marko; Loumeau, Gabriel - 2023

The transfer elasticity of income tax rates is an important parameter in public finance. Given the significant fiscal autonomy of Swiss municipalities, Switzerland is an ideal setting for examining behavioral responses to tax policy. Using a regression kink design, we find robust causal evidence...

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Tax Responses in Local Public Finance : The Flypaper Effect at Work

Köthenbürger, Marko; Loumeau, Gabriel - 2023

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Do local elections affect the spending of intergovernmental transfers? Evidence from Germany's stimulus package of 2009

Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P. - 2025

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Do Local Elections Affect the Spending of Intergovernmental Transfers? Evidence from Germany's Stimulus Package of 2009

Bury, Yannick; Feld, Lars P. - 2024

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Federal transfers and sub-national spending in India : an analysis of the stimulatory effect

Suha, A. M.; Renjith, P. S. - 2025

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The flypaper effect phenomenon of intergovernmental transfers during the Covid-19 : evidence from Indonesia

Wati, Lela Nurlaela; Ispriyahadi, Heri; Zakaria, Dhika … - 2022

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Ecological fiscal transfers and state-level budgetary spending in India: analyzing the flypaper effects

Kaur, Amandeep; Mohanty, Ranjan Kumar; Chakraborty, Lekha; … - 2021

Using panel data models, we analyze the flypaper effects-whether intergovernmental fiscal transfers or states' own income determine expenditure commitments - on ecological fiscal spending in India. The econometric results show that the unconditional fiscal transfers, rather than the states' own...

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Ecological Fiscal Transfers and State-level Budgetary Spending in India : Analyzing the Flypaper Effects

Kaur, Amandeep; Mohanty, Ranjan Kumar; Chakraborty, Lekha; … - 2021

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Grant effects on public finance for local governments with self-selection behavior

Mamaradlo, Marivic Delos Santos; Tang, Cheng-Tao; Wong, … - 2021

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Experiments on the fly

Alekseev, Aleksandr G.; Alm, James; Sadiraj, Vjollca; … - 2021

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Experiments on the fly

Alekseev, Aleksandr G.; Alm, James; Sadiraj, Vjollca; … - 2021

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The dynamic response of municipal budgets to revenue shocks

Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2021

We study the fiscal and tax response to intergovernmental grants, exploiting quasi-experimental variation within Germany’s fiscal equalization scheme triggered by Census revisions of official population counts. Municipal budgets do not adjust instantly. Instead, spending and investments adapt...

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The dynamic response of municipal budgets to revenue shocks

Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2021

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The dynamic response of municipal budgets to revenue shocks

Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2021

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Tax Responses in Local Public Finance: The Flypaper Effect at Work

Köthenbürger, Marko; Loumeau, Gabriel - 2023

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Dollars, desks, and development : the impact of local sales tax revenue redistribution on recipient programs in North Carolina

Combs, Alex E.; Afonso, Whitney B. - 2025

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Place-based policies, agglomeration economics, and environmental impacts : evidence from China’s Xinjiang targeted pairing aid program

Xu, Ming; Zheng, Linzi - 2025

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The flypaper effect as political budget to achieve economic growth in Eastern Indonesia

Barudin, Rudy; Rimawan, Muhammad - 2022

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Equalization transfers and the pattern of municipal spending : an investigation of the flypaper effect in Germany

Langer, Sebastian; Korzhenevych, Artem - 2019

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Equalization transfers and the pattern of municipal spending : an investigation of the flypaper effect in Germany

Langer, Sebastian - 2018

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Equalization transfers and the pattern of municipal spending : an investigation of the flypaper effect in Germany

Langer, Sebastian; Korzhenevych, Artem - 2018

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Measuring the flypaper effect : the interaction between lump-sum aid and the substitution effect of matching aid

Ryu, Jay Eungha - 2017

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Sticky spending, sequestration, and government debt

Piguillem, Facundo; Riboni, Alessandro - 2024

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The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks

Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2021

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The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks

Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2021

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Ecological fiscal transfers and state-level budgetary spending in India: Analyzing the flypaper effects

Kaur, Amandeep; Mohanty, Ranjan Kumar; Chakraborty, Lekha; … - 2021

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Using a Discontinuous Grant to Identify the Effect of Grants on Local Taxes and Spending

Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva; Rattsø, Jørn; Agren, Hanna - 2021

When investigating the effects of federal grants on the behavior of lower-level governments, it is hard to defend the handling of grants as an exogenous factor affecting local governments; federal governments often set grants based on characteristics and performance of local governments. In this...

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Ecological fiscal transfers and state-level budgetary spending in India: analysing the flypaper effects in India

Kaur, Amandeep; Mohanty, Ranjan Kumar; Chakraborty, Lekha; … - 2021

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The flypaper sticks even when aid travels overseas

Marshall, Emily C.; Saunoris, James W.; Woodbury, T. Daniel - 2021

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Measuring fiscal spillovers in Brazilian municipalities

Castro, Marcelo; Mattos, Enlinson - 2021

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Studying the flypaper effect in the provinces of Iran (2000-2013)

Maddah, Majid; Jeyhoon-Tabar, Fozieh - 2016

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The flypaper effect in Germany : an East-West comparison

Korzhenevych, Artem; Langer, Sebastian - 2016

We investigate the effect of general-purpose transfers on different expenditure categories and tax rates in the municipalities of Saxony (eastern Germany) and North Rhine-Westphalia (western Germany). Findings from the panel data analysis suggest the existence of the "flypaper effect" -...

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Partisanship and Fiscal Policy in Federal Unions: Evidence from US States

Carlino, Gerald; Drautzburg, Thorsten; Inman, Robert; … - 2020

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Partisanship and fiscal policy in economic unions : evidence from U.S. States

Carlino, Gerald A.; Drautzburg, Thorsten; Inman, Robert P. - 2020

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Flypaper Effect in Indonesia : The Case of Kalimantan

Yacoub, Yarlina - 2020

Objective - Changes in financial authority as a result of decentralization are expected to make provinces in Indonesia become more flexible in approving their finances. However, it goes beyond central government transfers which make local governments more consumptive, which impacts on the...

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Rewarding allegiance : political alignment and fiscal outcomes in local government

Brunnschweiler, Christa N.; Obeng, Samuel Kwabena - 2020

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Intergovernmental grants as signals and the alignment effect : theory and evidence

Bracco, Emanuele; Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco; … - 2015

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Intergovernmental grants as signals and the alignment effect: Theory and evidence

Bracco, Emanuele; Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco; … - 2015

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Intergovernmental Grants as Signals and the Alignment Effect: Theory and Evidence

Bracco, Emanuele; Lockwood, Benjamin; Porcelli, Francesco; … - 2015

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Intergovernmental grants as signals and the alignment effect : theory and evidence

Bracco, Emanuele; Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco; … - 2015

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Intergovernmental Grants as Signals and the Alignment Effect: Theory and Evidence

Bracco, Emanuele; Lockwood, Benjamin; Porcelli, Francesco; … - 2015

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Intergovernmental Grants as Signals and the Alignment Effect: Theory and Evidence

Bracco, Emanuele; Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco; … - 2015

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The flypaper effect is not a puzzle

Besfamille, Martin; Grosman, Nicolás; Sanguinetti, Pablo - 2015

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Uma análise do efeito flypaper e ilusão fiscal para os municípios do nordeste brasileiro

Freitas, Thiago de Araújo; Pereira, Ricardo A. de Castro; … - 2019

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Analysis of Flypaper Effect on the District and Municipality Government Expenditures in North Sumatra Province

Panggabean, Fitri Yani - 2019

This study aims to analyze the flypaper effect on the district and municipality government expenditures in North Sumatra province. Research data in the form of secondary data sourced from reports on the budget realization report with the study period from 2011 to 2014. The technique of analysis...

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Equalization transfers and the pattern of municipal spending: An investigation of the flypaper effect in Germany

Langer, Sebastian; Korzhenevych, Artem - 2018

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Mental Accounting of Public Funds - The Flypaper Effect in the Lab

Hopp, Daniel; Becker, Johannes; Kriebel, Michael - 2018

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When does money stick in education? : evidence from a kinked grant rule

Saastamoinen, Antti; Kortelainen, Mika - 2018

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When Does Money Stick in Education? Evidence from a Kinked Grant Rule

Saastamoinen, Antti - 2018

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How quantitative easing works : evidence on the refinancing channel

Di Maggio, Marco; Kermani, Amir; Palmer, Christopher J. - 2016

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How Quantitative Easing Works : Evidence on the Refinancing Channel

Di Maggio, Marco - 2018

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How Quantitative Easing Works : Evidence on the Refinancing Channel

Di Maggio, Marco - 2016

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Variabilidade do efeito flypaper e força política : uma análise para os municípios brasileiros

Nojosa, Glauber Marques; Linhares, Fabrício Carneiro - 2018

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Análisis de equidad horizontal de las transferencias fiscales en el Perú

Samanamud Valderrama, Enrique - 2017

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Financial decisions, intergovernmental grants and regulatory instability : the case of Italian municipalities

Padovani, Emanuele; Du Boys, Céline - 2021

Because of the global financial crisis, central states implemented a range of recovery plans, austerity measures and cutback strategies, which created significant challenges to local governments. This article examines the influence of (adverse) national adoptions in the fiscal regulatory...

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The Flypaper Effect in Germany: An East-West Comparison

Korzhenevych, Artem; Langer, Sebastian - 2016

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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...

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Case study of central and local government finance in Japan

Bessho, Shun-ichiro - 2016

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Unsticking the flypaper effect using distortionary taxation

Végh, Carlos A.; Vuletin, Guillermo - 2016

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Unsticking the flypaper effect using distortionary taxation

Végh, Carlos A.; Vuletin, Guillermo - 2016

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Unsticking the Flypaper Effect Using Distortionary Taxation

Végh, Carlos A. - 2016

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The Cabals of a Few or the Confusion of a Multitude : The Institutional Trade-Off Between Representation and Governance

Brooks, Leah - 2016

Our model illustrates how political institutions trade off between the competing goals of representation and governance, where governance is the responsiveness of an institution to a single pivotal voter. We use exogenous variation from the 30-year history of the federal Community Development...

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How Quantitative Easing Works : Evidence on the Refinancing Channel

Maggio, Marco Di - 2016

Despite massive large-scale asset purchases (LSAPs) by central banks around the world since the global financial crisis, there is a lack of empirical evidence on whether and how these programs affect the real economy. Using rich borrower-linked mortgage-market data, we document that there is a...

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Unsticking the Flypaper Effect Using Distortionary Taxation

Vegh, Carlos A. - 2016

The flypaper effect is a widely-documented puzzle whereby the propensity of sub-national governmental units to spend out of unconditional transfers is higher than the propensity to spend out of private income. Building on previous insights in the literature that rationalize this puzzle using...

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