We aim to identify the role of revenue diversification and the municipally owned companies'
financial flexibility in shaping the short‐term and the long‐term debt of municipalities in …

This article examines whether the adoption of deficit targets by subnational governments in
India influenced the composition of public spending. Using dynamic panel estimations, this …

Comparative political economists have been late to acknowledge the role of municipalities
in industrial policy. Given that industrial policy is traditionally the province of central …

Öz Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye'de mali yerelleşmenin yerel yönetimlerin mali disiplinlerine
etkisini araştırmaktır. Mali yerelleşmenin ülkemizde olduğu gibi kısmi olarak uygulanması …

This paper studies the relationship between tax autonomy and the structure of local public
expenditures. We rely on panel data from Poland for more than 2400 municipalities over the …

This dataset covers 2476–2479 Polish municipalities and cities (dependent on the year)
over a period from 2004 when Poland joined the EU to the pre-COVID-19-pandemic 2019 …

This paper investigates whether municipalities in Poland use their municipal companies to
increase debt capacity beyond the limitations imposed by the fiscal debt rules. The article …

We use 2004-2019 fiscal database of 2.5 thousand Polish municipalities and cities to
investigate dynamic and spatial differences in shares of subcentral government expenditure …

This paper uses data on real estate tax revenue obtained by Polish municipalities from 2005
to 2017 to determine whether equalisation grants discourage local governments from …

Motivation: The best way to widen access to public services at the local level is to increase
efficiency of local government spending. However, an increase in efficiency may refer to …