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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"fiscal performance"”.
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Role of institutions in fiscal performance
… examines the role of institutional features on fiscal outcomes: the level of hidden liabilities, credit spreads, and official government debt. We construct a country panel dataset and use quantile regression and error correction models for empirical analysis: quantile regression to verify how …
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Complementarity of Politics and Administration: An Empirical Examination
… and administration on local governments' fiscal performance. The study adopts Svara's <em>Politics-Administration Complementarity Model</em>, which explains the mutual interdependence and reciprocal influence of administrative relationships between the elected and appointed officials of …
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Essays on current account dynamics and fiscal rules in sub-Saharan Africa
Large and persistent current account and fiscal deficits coexisting alongside high public debt levels pose significant risks to macroeconomic stability and limit policymaking options. This thesis focuses on the current account dynamics and fiscal policy in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Over the …
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Integrating Fiscal-Spatial Analysis in Data-Driven Land-Use Evaluation
… by integrating spatial characteristics with fiscal outcomes. Airdrie, Alberta is used as a case study to demonstrate how LUFI can diagnose the fiscal stability of rapidly growing suburban municipalities. The framework employs Return on Investment (ROI) to classify parcels, group them into …
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Explorations toward an economic theory of political systems
… study presents a coherent picture of the overall fiscal performance of political systems. It finds out that all the relevant forces considered reinforce the inference that, other things being equal, democracies should be expected to exhibit larger public sector shares in national income than …
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Municipal Governance and Financial Health: An Analysis of the Institutional Structures of California Cities
… study seeks to answer why some cities are more fiscally healthy than others, particularly when facing similar economic challenges. In recent years, much attention has been focused on the financial distress and stability of California cities, especially after bankruptcy filings by cities such as …
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Designing Public Organizations and Institutions: Essays on Coordination and Incentives
… allocation and the difficulties of measuring performance. When targets are set individually, the resulting incentives may induce inefficient resource allocations, even if agents' motivation is fully in line with the principal's interests, and performance measures are perfect. Introducing …