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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Local finance"”.
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State supervision of local finance in Michigan
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Economics, 1941
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Essays on Federalism and Local Finance in China
… chapters that cover topics on federalism and local finance in China.</p> <p>Chapter 1 - Economic Growth, Fiscal Inequality and Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from China.</p> <p>This paper investigates the impact of inequality in the geographic distribution of fiscal resources on regional …
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Taxing the region : how local finance undermines land use goals in greater Boston
This thesis argues that local fiscal considerations have thwarted growth management efforts in Massachusetts. Currently, Massachusetts' communities rely most heavily on the property tax for local government revenue. Since each community is autonomous and must provide schools and other local …
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Power, Risk, and Democratic Control in State-Local Finance: The Effect of State Tax and Expenditure Limits on Municipal Debt and Risk
Municipal finance is important, if opaque, to the daily lives of people across the United States. Cities and towns provide essential services which are often financed through debt. Over the course of the 20th century, the use of debt in municipalities and the state-local relationship has …
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Tiebout Sorting and Jurisdictional Homogeneity: Empirical Validity and Ethical Implications
… (1956) argues that a large number of small local governments will function as a market in local services, leading to efficient allocation of local public goods. This result only obtains if households actually move in response to local fiscal differences. Spatial dependence of socioeconomic …
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An assessment of the assigned fiscal revenue instruments to local authorities in Namibia
Local Authorities are closest to people in terms of service provision. The Local Authority Act of Namibia assigns expenditure responsibilities as well as fiscal instruments to raise revenue to fund these expenditure responsibilities. The research looked at how this assigned fiscal instruments were …
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Cash management in local governments: an evaluation of local government money management policies and practices, and the constraints on the maximization of investment returns
… to the financial health of any organization. Local government financial executives have become increasingly aware that cash is an asset that must be used wisely, unless it is to become a liability. Thus, there have emerged serious efforts by local government finance executives to maximize the …
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Challenges and opportunities in service provision for Mwansabombwe town council, Zambia.
… on government funds. From 2014 to 2018, the locally generated income was at 10.2 percent while 89.8% came from central government in the form of grants. Expenditure was always higher than income, with the largest share going to personal emoluments that accounted for 44.5%. This affected …
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Three Essays in Urban Policy
… humans to thrive and the primary source of most local finance in the U.S. When policy affects housing, be it directly or indirectly, it can have important and far-reaching consequences. Understanding the intended and unintended consequences of urban policy is thus central to this dissertation …
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The Finance-Growth Nexus in Britain, 1850-1913
… that they were important for the expansion of local industry. Finally, this thesis is the first to assess econometrically the role of merchant banks. It demonstrates that their trade financing activities were beneficial not only for the growth of British international trade, but also for that …
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La répartition du Fonds des communes. Evolution, comparaisons internationales et simulations de répartitions alternatives en Région wallonne
… Germany, Denmark, England). Impact on local finances of the main Walloon municipalities is also simulated.