Political fragmentation and fiscal policy: Evidence from German municipalities
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Keywords
government fragmentation; common pool problems; legislative policy-making; government spending; local fiscal policy; local taxation; local elections; municipality data; regression discontinuity design; Fragmentierung der Regierung; Common Pool Problem; Gesetzgebung und politische Entscheidungsfindung; Staatsausgaben; kommunale Finanzpolitik; kommunale Steuern; Kommunalwahlen; Gemeindedaten; Regressions-Diskontinuitäts-Design;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2017-10-15 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2017-10-15 (Positive Political Economics)
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