Search Results - subject_exact:"Intergovernmental transfers"

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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Local government and fiscal transfers : enhancing or weakening democracy?

2026

This open access book analyses whether and to what extent fiscal transfers from central to local governments affect democracy at sub-national level. Fiscal transfers are often perceived to undermine democracy, as politicians utilise them to build patronage networks, weaken opposition candidates,...

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Politics and public banks : BNDES loans to local governments in Brazil

Pinto, Guilherme Paiva; Bugarin, Mauricio Soares; … - 2026

This study advances a quantitative political economy analysis of development banking within federative systems, focusing on Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES). Moving beyond traditional fiscal transfer models, we investigate the mechanisms through which federal...

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The long-run impact of school funding on economic outcomes

Duque, Daniel - 2026

Do public investments in compulsory schooling translate into the same long-run economic gains for all? Using a large intergovernmental transfer reform in Norway that mechanically shifted municipal school revenues based on pre-reform student age structure, I estimate the long-run impacts of...

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The long-run impact of school funding on economic outcomes

Duque, Daniel - 2026

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When does fiscal decentralization deliver equity?

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Heredia-Ortiz, Eunice; … - 2026

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Rethinking fiscal decentralization in relation to regional informality : evidence from a European transition country

Stojkov, Aleksandar; Stojkova, Aleksandra Maksimovska; … - 2026

This study investigates how a territorially uneven distribution of informal economic activity affects subnational fiscal capacity and potentially distorts fiscal equalization systems. Using a Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model, we estimate the size of the informal economy across...

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Open to outsiders? : fiscal commitment and spillovers from local public service

Kikuchi, Yuya; Ogawa, Hikaru - 2026

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Intergovernmental transfers and fiscal equalization in India : trends, challenges, and reform options

Bahl, Roy W.; Zahir, Farah; Wetzel, Deborah L. - 2026

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On the nature and measurement of vertical fiscal imbalances

Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Sepúlveda, Cristián - 2025

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The influence of public audit bodies on the effectiveness of local budget governance

Mukhamedyarova, Liya; Tussibayeva, Gulmira; Shakharova, … - 2025

Ensuring effective governance of local budgets is critical for public service delivery and sustainable development. Public audit institutions-including internal auditors and independent supreme audit bodies-are hypothesized to enhance local budget effectiveness by promoting transparency,...

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Regional public infrastructures and development in decentralized Indonesia

Mahi, Benedictus Raksaka; Resosudarmo, Budy P. - 2025

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Equalization through the People's Republic of China's intergovernmental fiscal system : the effectiveness of central and provincial transfers

Tan, Xiao; Tan, Ying - 2024

The People's Republic of China's (PRC) ﬁscal system is characterized by very high expenditure decentralization and heavy reliance on transfers to ﬁnance public services. The government's embrace of inclusiveness and equalization as national goals has raised questions about whether transfers...

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Reflections on emerging roles of intergovernmental fiscal transfers : from financing to accountability in decentralized subnational governance, preserving the environment and responding to fiscal shocks

Boadway, Robin W.; Shah, Anwar - 2024

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India's Public Finance and Policy Challenges in the 2020s

2025

Introducing the Volume on India’s Contemporary Public Finance Themes -- Part I: Fiscal Policy and Macro-economy: Can We Become a Viksit Bharat Or Will Be Caught In The Middle Income Trap? -- Regime Switching Approach to Growth Cycles and Fiscal Policy -- Are Fiscal Transfers Pushing the FRBM...

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Does regional favoritism affect public investment budget allocation? : evidence from Cameroon in the context of decentralization

Onana, Simon Pierre; Bella Ngadena, Marcellin Stéphane - 2024

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The smarter state? : artificial intelligence and modern state and local public finance

Agrawal, David R.; Fox, William F. - 2026

This paper examines how artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes subnational public finance, largely through familiar channels observed from prior technological change. Although some effects are novel, many issues surrounding the taxation of AI-related income and consumption parallel earlier...

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Platform governance as fiscal architecture : reading the ES-FC-budget ensemble

Naregal, Veena - 2026

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Fiscal federalism for climate action in India : expectations from the 16th Finance Commission

Arora, Gopalika; Ghosh, Nilanjan - 2026

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Perceptions of legitimacy in asymmetric decentralisation : evidence from Spain

Gray, Caroline - 2026

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Heterogeneous fiscal decentralisation in Italian regions

Gianelle, Carlo; Sacchi, Agnese; Salotti, Simone - 2026

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Intergovernmental transfers and dynamic adjustment of subnational budgets

Porto, Alberto; Puig, Jorge; Vidal, Bautista - 2026

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Do special transfers to incentivize local tax revenue effort work?

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Cansino, Kenyi; Castro, Luis; … - 2026

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Do special transfers to incentivize local tax revenue effort work?

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Cansino, Kenyi; Castro, Luis; … - 2026

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Municipal investment : potential and limitations of the special fund for infrastructure and climate neutrality

Dany-Knedlik, Geraldine; Gornig, Martin; Hackmann, Angelina - 2026

Municipalities play a key role in providing public services, but despite rising gross investment, there is a significant erosion of assets: real investment growth remains insufficient and net investment continues to be negative. The Special Fund for Infrastructure and Climate Neutrality (SVIK)...

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Do special transfers to incentivize local tax revenue effort work?

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Cansino, Kenyi; Castro, Luis; … - 2026

Many decentralized countries struggle with low levels of subnational tax effort. As a remedy for this situation, specific-purpose incentive schemes designed for own revenue mobilization at the subnational level can be simple, efficient, and cost-effective tools. We examine the effects of an...

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Do special transfers to incentivize local tax revenue effort work?

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Cansino, Kenyi; Castro, Luis; … - 2026

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Are fiscal transfers inflationary?

Arias, Jonas E.; Rubio-Ramírez, Juan Francisco; Shin, … - 2026

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Unconditional transfers under fiscal federalism : distributional trade-offs in Switzerland

Oschwald, Patrick; Anderl, Robin; Kirn, Tanja - 2026

This article examines how Switzerland's decentralized welfare structure shapes the outcomes of Basic Income reforms. Using SWISSMOD, a static microsimulation model based on EUROMOD, we simulate unconditional transfer schemes of varying generosity at federal and cantonal levels, combined with...

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Unconditional transfers under fiscal federalism : distributional trade-offs in Switzerland

Oschwald, Patrick; Anderl, Robin; Kirn, Tanja - 2026

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Do mission-oriented grant schemes shape the direction of science?

Mancuso, Raffaele; Broström, Anders - 2026

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Asymmetric decentralisation in South Africa : implications for municipal governance

Monkam, Nara; Taruvinga, Panashe G. - 2026

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Asymmetric decentralization and inequality

Beramendi, Pablo; Rogers, Melissa Ziegler - 2026

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Revenue decentralization and vertical fiscal imbalance : a survey

Lago, Manuel E.; Lago Peñas, Santiago; … - 2026

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Intergovernmental grants to school districts and educational outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clemens, Jeffrey; Hoxie, Philip G.; Veuger, Stan - 2026

During the COVID-19 pandemic the US federal government appropriated $189.5 billion in emergency aid to school districts. These funds were supplied to help districts replace lost revenues and to mitigate the harmful effects of the pandemic on learning and other measures of district performance....

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Strengthening Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan

Haque, Tobias; Farooq, Aroub; Malaeb, Bilal; Morgado, Joao - 2026

This report argues that broad reforms to current fiscal federalism arrangements are critical to addressing development challenges, both through and beyond any new NFC Award. Current fiscal federalism arrangements provide important benefits to Pakistan. The design of fiscal federalism...

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Fiscal flows and asset prices

O'Connell, Michael; Fletcher, Jonathan - 2026

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Those who collect taxes use transfers better: Evidence of decentralization design and service outcomes in Bolivia

Barja, Gover - 2026

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Russia's regional economies in wartime : fiscal divergence, defence windfalls and transfer pressures

Parviainen, Sinikka - 2026

Russia's regions bear a rapidly growing share of the fiscal costs of war. Since showing surpluses as recently as 2021, the collective regional deficit quadrupled in a single year. Using five years of budget execution reports from the Russian Federal Treasury across all 85 Russian regions...

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Equalization is broken : how the continuous growth requirement inhibits reform

Eisen, Ben; Emes, Joel - 2026

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Is equalization broken? : comparing payments with GDP per person

Hill, Tegan; Emes, Joel - 2026

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Beyond fiscal transfers : a mediation-moderation analysis of budget quality, budget politics, and local government performance in Aceh, Indonesia

Safriani, Safriani; Nadirsyah, Nadirsyah; Darwanis, Darwanis - 2026

Fiscal transfers and special autonomy are intended to improve public-service outcomes, yet their effectiveness depends on how local governments govern, allocate, and politically support public resources. This study aims to examine how budget capacity, budget regulatory compliance, budget...

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Fiscal Decentralization and Cyclicality in Latin America : Evidence from a New Regional Budget Database

Bhering Buarque de Gusmao, Davi - 2026

Using a newly constructed database of highly granular regional-level budgets, this paper documents the growing relevance of regional governments in Latin America over the past three decades and evaluates the implications for fiscal cyclicality. We find that regional governments exhibit lower...

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A critical path to fiscal federalism : policy imperatives for the NFC Award remake

Khalid, Mahmood; Ahmad, Iftikhar; Iqbal, Nasir - 2026

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Breaking the regravelling trap : a fiscal-federalism contract for upgrading South Africa's unpaved roads

Ross, Don; Townshend, Matthew - 2026

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Issues and options for sharing tax revenues with England's regional mayors : IFS green budget chapter

Brogaard, Martin; Ogden, Kate; Phillips, David - 2026

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From institutional design to service delivery : an integrated approach to decentralization reform in Latin America

Corredor, Federico; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Muñoz, Andrés - 2026

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Indonesia's new fiscal decentralisation law : a critical assessment

Lewis, Blane D. - 2023

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On the effects of intergovernmental grants : a survey

Lago, Manuel E.; Lago Peñas, Santiago; … - 2024

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On the effects of intergovernmental grants : a survey

Lago, Manuel E.; Lago Peñas, Santiago; … - 2023

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On the effects of intergovernmental grants : a survey

Lago, Manuel E.; Lago Peñas, Santiago; … - 2022

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On the effects of intergovernmental grants: a survey

Lago, Manuel E.; Lago Peñas, Santiago; … - 2022

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Indian fiscal federalism

Reddy, Y. V.; Reddy, G. R.; Chakraborti, Pinaki - 2026 - Second edition

Likening fiscal federalism to a game between the Union and the states, and among the states themselves, 'Indian Fiscal Federalism' lays bare the complex rules of play. The authors examine the pivotal and expanding role of Finance Commissions and momentous changes since 2015, such as the...

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The role of the carrot and stick in tax compliance in a decentralised context

Durán, José María; Esteller-Moré, Alejandro - 2025 - Version February 2025

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16. Decentralized governance

Benedict, Gayan - 2026

Decentralized governance, enabled by blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), represents a shift from conventional centralized governance modalities. While centralized governance has been integral for maintaining societal order over time, it has faced criticism for inefficiency,...

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The vertical fiscal gap in the German federation

Büttner, Thiess; Herdegen, Vincent - 2026

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Reassignment and the power to tax in a federal state : Canada, 1867-2024

Winer, Stanley L. - 2025 - Revised, February 4, 2025

Although reassignment of policy instruments among governments in many federations is a recurring event, there is no widely accepted, positive model of the phenomenon. This stands in contrast to the well established body of work on the normative theory of the efficient federal assignment. In this...

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Reassignment and the power to tax in a federal state : Canada, 1867-2024

Winer, Stanley L. - 2024

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