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Institutional Arrangements for Coordination Among Governments in Germany
Spahn, Paul Bernd - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
The theory of fiscal federalism makes a strong case for decentralizing government functions in order to enhance the … of politicians, and by mobilizing citizens through greater participation at the local level. Federalism respects … different cultural and individual traditions among regions, and it emphasizes local diversity. Federalism thus reflects the …
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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 …
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Federal Refrom II in Germany
Heinz, Dominic - 2010
Recently Germany experienced yet another federal reform shortly after a previous modification to the German federal system. This paper explains agenda setting, negotiations and ratification of this recent federal reform. With regards to the case of the most recent federal reform in Germany the...
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The Unfunded Mandates in Local Governments Financing : Crises Experiences from Estonia
Friedrich, Peter - 2015
In many countries occur problems from unfunded mandates related to a shift of a function by an upper tier of government to lower rank governments without providing the lower one with financial means to perform these functions. The authors define the unfunded mandates and clarify how they relate...
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The Decentralization Dilemma in India
Purfield, Catriona - 2006
Already in precarious shape, the financial health of India's states took a turn for the worse in the late 1990s when … state deficits and debt rose sharply. While India is among the world's most decentralized economies, greater …
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Federalism and foreign direct investment : how political affiliation determines the spatial distribution of FDI - evidence from India
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar - 2017
This paper links the foreign economic engagement of India's states with the literature on federalism, thereby …
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Depressing dependence? : transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah - 2016
Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions. Since these transfers are often paid with the aim of achieving regional convergence, they should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development by...
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Reformoptionen des Länderfinanzausgleichs unter politökonomischer Betrachtung
Broer, Michael - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 4, pp. 258-266
Bayern und Hessen haben im März 2013 eine Klage vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht gegen das Gesetz über den Länderfinanzausgleich eingereicht. Reformvorhaben müssen aber auch politische Mehrheiten im Bundestag und Bundesrat erreichen. Allein aus politökonomischer Perspektive erscheint eine...
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Improving subnational government development finance in emerging and developing economies : toward a strategic approach
Smoke, Paul J. - 2019
Considerable attention has been given to enhancing subnational development finance in response to the 2008 global financial crisis and recent global development agendas, including the Sustainable Development Goals, Financing for Development, and Habitat III/New Urban Agenda. Much work on this...
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Government decentralization program in Indonesia
Nasution, Anwar - 2016
Without much preparation, Indonesia, in 2000, at a stroke replaced the previous system of centralized government and development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and financial resources directly to regencies and...
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