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Voters AS A Hard Budget Constraint: On the Determination of Intergovernmental Grants Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Lars Feld ()
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Recent empirical literature has shown that the determination of intergovernmental grants is highly influenced by the political bargaining power of the recipient states. In these models federal politicians are assumed to buy the support of state voters, state politicians and state interest groups by providing grants. In this paper we provide evidence that the fiscal referendum reduces the reliance of states on matching grants received from the central government and thus the possibility of interest groups and state bureaucrats to obtain more grants. If referendums are available, voters serve as a hard budget constraint. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2005
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Volume (Year): 123 (2005)
Issue (Month): 1 (April)
Pages: 147-169
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