Essays about: "Intergovernmental Grants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Intergovernmental Grants.

1. 1. The Effect of Left-Wing Party Control on Economic Outcomes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : David Sandberg; [2020]
   Keywords : economic outcomes; fiscal policies; local governments; regression discontinuity design; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : A common belief is that left-wing parties tend to use their influence to expand the public sector by increasing taxes – but is this belief supported by data? This study aims to find the causal effect of having left-wing majority and left-wing rule on a set of economic and policy outcomes by using panel data of Swedish local governments between 1995 and 2018. A regression discontinuity design is applied to exploit the discontinuous party control change at 50 percent of the vote share making left-wing majority as good as randomly assigned to observations close to the threshold. READ MORE

3. 2. Intergovernmental grants and local democracy : An instrumental variable analysis of the equalization grant’s effects on municipal spendings, tax rates and local election outcomes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Magnus Karlefors; Karolina Sterky; [2020]
   Keywords : Grants; Municipalities; Elections; Spendings;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to study two separate but yet connected effects of an increase in the Swedish equalization grant. More specifically this paper investigates the grant’s effect on municipal spending and tax rates as well as incumbent party(ies) probability to remain in office during 2014 and 2018. READ MORE

4. 3. Mo Money Mo State -Do more public agencies bump up the local tax revenues?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Martin Lundberg Hansson; [2015]
   Keywords : municipalities and government agency.; tax revenue; Panel data; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this thesis the subject has been to investigate if there is any connection between government agency presence and tax revenue in the municipality. Previous studies in Sweden have more focused at the intergovernmental relation between state and local level and especially they have focused on government grants and the effects. READ MORE

5. 4. Intergovernmental Grants and Elderly Care

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Samuel Sunesson; [2011]
   Keywords : Intergovernmental Grants; Flypaper Effect; Elderly Care; Municipality Economy; Sweden;

   Abstract : The flypaper effect is an empirical puzzle that arises in studies on intergovernmental grants. While economic theory predicts that intergovernmental grants are crowding out local government spending, empirical studies often show a high degree of crowding in. READ MORE

6. 5. Patentability of Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Finding the Balance between the Moral Hazard in Europe and the Wide Scope in the US

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Thorstenson; [2008]
   Keywords : EG-rätt; Immaterialrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Stem cells are the first type of cells developed in an embryo. They have the ability to divide, self-replicate, for indefinite periods. Under the right conditions or given the right signals, stem cells can give rise to the many different cell types. READ MORE