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28 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17308
Targeting and Effectiveness of Location-Based Policies
Vincenzo Carrieri, G. de Blasio, Antonella Rita Ferrara, Rosanna Nisticò
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17053
The Importance of Being Local? Administrative Decentralization and Human Development
Latika Chaudhary, Lakshmi Iyer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15570
Is Secessionism Mostly about Income or Identity? A Global Analysis of 3,003 Subnational Regions
Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortuño Ortín, Ömer Özak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14369
The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
Ines Helm, Jan Stuhler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14263
Out of Communal Land: Clientelism through Delegation of Agricultural Tenancy Contracts
Takashi Kurosaki, Saumik Paul, Firman Witoelar
published as 'In pursuit of power: Land tenancy contracts and local political business cycles in Indonesia' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 227, 106764
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13597
Access to Land and Tenancy Practices on Tanah Bengkok: Evidence from Java, Indonesia
Takashi Kurosaki, Saumik Paul, Firman Witoelar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13148
Distributional Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Kiyomi Cadena, Laura Moreno Herrera
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12696
Passports for Sale: The Political Economy of Conflict and Cooperation in a Meta-Club
Kai A. Konrad, Ray Rees
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 62, 101855
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11364
Does Decentralization of Decisions Increase the Stability of Large Groups?
Tjaša Bjedov, Simon Lapointe, Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2018, 51 (4), 681-716
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11148
Taxation, Social Protection, and Governance Decentralization
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published as 'Taxation and social protection under governance decentralisation' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 60, 101743
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9641
Leader Networks and Transaction Costs: A Chinese Experiment in Interjurisdictional Contracting
Nancy H. Chau, Yu Qin, Weiwen Zhang
published as 'Leader Networks and Interjurisdictional Contracting in Land Conversion Quotas' in: Land Economics, 2024, 100 (3), 568-587
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9113
Trial and Error? Reelection Concerns and Policy Experimentation during the U.S. Welfare Reform
Andreas Bernecker, Pierre C. Boyer, Christina Gathmann
revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (2), 26-57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8498
Happy Voters
Federica Liberini, Michela Redoano, Eugenio Proto
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 41-57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7831
Environmental Federalism: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
Daniel L. Millimet
published in: Case Western Reserve Law Review, 2014, 64 (4), 1669-1757
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6952
Policy Responses to Fiscal Restraints: A Difference-in-Discontinuities Design
Veronica Grembi, Tommaso Nannicini, Ugo Troiano
published as 'Do Fiscal Rules Matter?' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8 (3), 1-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6722
Do Fiscal and Political Decentralization Raise Students' Performance? A Cross-Country Analysis
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Enric Meix-Llop
published as 'Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services: Cross-Country Evidence from Educational Data' in: Environment & Planning C: Politics and Space, 2019, 37 (7), 1296-1316
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6712
Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?
Riemer Faber, Pierre Koning
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24 (1), 60 - 95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5698
Tying Your Enemy’s Hands in Close Races: The Politics of Federal Transfers in Brazil
Fernanda Brollo, Tommaso Nannicini
published in: American Political Science Review, 2012, 106 (4), 742-761
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5647
Decentralization, Happiness and the Perception of Institutions
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
published as 'Decentralization, Subjective Well-Being and the Perception of Institutions' in: Kyklos, 2012, 65 (2), 179-193
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5286
Fiscal Decentralization and Development: How Crucial is Local Politics?
Sarmistha Pal, Jaideep Roy
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