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An Experiment Involving Property Tax Assessment Quality 989.57 KB 91 downloads
We conduct a laboratory experiment to explore the willingness to pay to improve the...
Experiments on the Fly 1.27 MB 67 downloads
How do exogenous increases in resources to a government affect its expenditure decisions?...
Do Ride-sharing Services Increase Alcohol Consumption? 592.35 KB 196 downloads
Recent studies show ride-sharing services, such as Uber and Lyft, reduce intoxicated...
The Effects of Hierarchy Centralization and Formalization on Municipal Fiscal Health: An Empirical Test of the Bureaucratic Ideal 733.10 KB 167 downloads
This research examines the effects of three defining features of bureaucratic organizations...
Fiscal Institutional Externalities: The Negative Effects of Local Tax and Expenditure Limits on Municipal Budgetary Solvency 826.49 KB 179 downloads
This study explores the effects of state imposed local tax and expenditure limits...
Identifying and Disentangling the Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Economic Growth 1.48 MB 174 downloads
This paper revisits the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic...
Time-saving Goods, Time Inequalities, and Optimal Taxation 942.59 KB 147 downloads
Time-saving goods are defined as market goods that reduce home labor requirements...
The Impact of Media Campaigns on Tax Filing: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Pakistan 1.44 MB 135 downloads
This paper examines the effect of mass media campaigns on income tax filing using...
A Theoretical Rationale for the Fiscal Gap Model of Equalization Transfers 916.17 KB 172 downloads
Equalization transfers are a common and noteworthy feature of fiscal decentralization...