Electoral rules and incentive effects of fiscal transfers: evidence from Germany
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Electoral rule; form of municipal government; fiscal equalization; business tax rates; comparative political economy.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables
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