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Intergovernmental Grants, Roy W. Bahl
Intergovernmental Grants, Roy W. Bahl
ECON Publications
This chapter provides an overview of a major revenue source for all local government levels in Bangladesh: transfers from the central government. The material presented in this chapter was gathered and pieced together from a variety of sources since no single comprehensive description of the Bangladesh grant system existed before this study.
The Political Economy Of The Jamaican Tax Reform, Roy W. Bahl
The Political Economy Of The Jamaican Tax Reform, Roy W. Bahl
ECON Publications
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Preference Reversals Without The Independence Axiom, James C. Cox, Seth Epstein
Preference Reversals Without The Independence Axiom, James C. Cox, Seth Epstein
ECON Publications
The preference reversal phenomenon was believed to be inconsistent with the transitivity axiom of decision theory. However, recent papers have demonstrated that previously observed preference reversals could be explained by subject violations of the independence axiom or the compound lottery axiom. The present paper reports the results of experiments in which a substantial proportion of subject responses violate the asymmetry axiom. These results are inconsistent with expected utility theory and its generalizations.
States And The Financial Condition Of Cities, Roy W. Bahl
States And The Financial Condition Of Cities, Roy W. Bahl
ECON Publications
The fiscal problem of large cities was as prominent a policy issue in the 1960s and 1970s as it was a forgotten issue in the 1980s. Is this because the problems were solved, because other problems have become more pressing, because the problems have become "hidden," or simply because cities are weakly represented in congress and in state legislatures? Many thought that the fiscal problems of central cities and the celebrated city-suburban disparities were due to, or at least exacerbated by, state government fiscal policies. Have state governments assumed more of the financing responsibility for cities in the 1980s, or …
Central-Local Fiscal Relations In Developing Countries: A Commentary, Roy W. Bahl
Central-Local Fiscal Relations In Developing Countries: A Commentary, Roy W. Bahl
ECON Publications
In his excellent statement of the effectiveness of alternative central government approaches to financing metropolitan public services, Kenneth Davey reaches a conclusion ("so simple that it seems hardly worth stating") that the advantages of different approaches vary over time, depending on the state of central revenues. Davey's conclusion is quite correct and certainly worth stating but, perhaps, not so simple as he suggests. The purpose of this note is to carry this conclusion one step further by discussing the relationship among the revenue buoyancy of intergovernmental transfers, the type of transfer used, and the financial condition of the central government.