Equalization Transfers and the Pattern of Municipal Spending: An Investigation of the Flypaper Effect in Germany

Equalization Transfers and the Pattern of Municipal Spending: An Investigation of the Flypaper Effect in Germany

We investigate how lump-sum equalization transfers affect expenditures and taxes in the municipalities of the largest German state North Rhine-Westphalia. In general, those general-purpose transfers cannot be treated as exogenous variables. Thus, for the identification of causal effects, two exogeno...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Langer, Sebastian, Korzhenevych, Artem
Other Authors: Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden 2018
Subjects:
Flypaper Effekt
Regionalregierung
Transfers
regionale Steuern
flypaper effect
local government expenditure
transfers
local taxation
ddc:330
rvk:QC 000
Volkswirtschaftslehre
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-234984
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-234984
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/23498/Langer_Korzhenevych_Flypaper_CEPIE_18-01.pdf

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-234984
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-234984
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/23498/Langer_Korzhenevych_Flypaper_CEPIE_18-01.pdf

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