| Local Public Choice: Five Essays on Fiscal Policy, Interest Rates, and Elections Contributor(s): Ade, Florian (Author) |
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ISBN: 3848702266 ISBN-13: 9783848702268 Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Regional Studies - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Business & Economics |
| Dewey: 324.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 182 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How should rules of decision making be designed and how should institutions look like? This study contributes to the discussion of this overarching question by investigating economic, fiscal, and political effects of institutions at the municipal level based on causal empirical analysis. Thus, it is part of a research program with increasing importance within economics - the empirical analysis of municipalities. This analysis typically facilitates more solid results than country studies, since municipalities operate in a comparable institutional framework and effects of reforms can clearly be identified. The study analyzes several dimensions in detail, amongst others: How does the direct election of the mayor, as opposed to the election by the municipal council affect tax rates and spending? How do voting decisions for the mayoral office and the municipal council interdepend? Does the financial situation of municipality influence the interest rate the municipality pays on its debt? |