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Finanzwissenschaftliche Begutachtung des kommunalen Finanzausgleichs in Rheinland-Pfalz

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  • Thiess Büttner
  • Alexander Ebertz
  • Björn Kauder
  • Markus Reischmann

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The report examined the core elements of municipal financial equalization in Rhineland-Palatinate. Recommendations were provided where a need for reforms was deemed necessary. The report analyzed vertical and horizontal aspects of the fiscal equalization scheme. Regarding the vertical aspects, the composition of the funds for fiscal equalization as well as the stabilization fund were examined. The analysis of horizontal aspects was based on a comprehensive simulation model. Here, the main objects of interest were the evaluation of fiscal need and fiscal capacity, the different types of unconditional grants and the intensity of equalization of the entire system.

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  • Thiess Büttner & Alexander Ebertz & Björn Kauder & Markus Reischmann, 2013. "Finanzwissenschaftliche Begutachtung des kommunalen Finanzausgleichs in Rheinland-Pfalz," ifo Forschungsberichte, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 58.
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    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
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