In: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, vol. 68, no. 2, p. 205-214
This paper compares the impact of two equalization transfer schemes on regional budgetary choices: a gross equalization scheme, where ex-post transfers to regions are financed from federal tax revenues, and a net equalization scheme, where region- to-region ex-post transfers allocated by the federal government are self-financed. The net equalization scheme reduces ex-post federal intervention...
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In: Social Choice and Welfare, 2020, vol. 55, p. 453-475
Our paper presents a model of decentralized leadership with fiscal equalization and imperfect trade liberalization. The degree of trade integration (reflected by trade costs) turns out to have an effect on both state corporate taxes and ex-post vertical equalization transfers. Our main results are the following: when public goods are highly valued by the citizens of the federation, ex post...
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In: Health Promotion International, 2017, vol. 32, no. 4, p. 702-710
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In: Journal of Scientific Computing, 2015, vol. 65, no. 3, p. 956-978
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2021, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article 1.5
In recent years, all over the globe we have seen intensifying economic exploitation, political disenfranchisement, social marginalization and cultural repression in all kinds of political regimes, from liberal democratic to authoritarian and dictatorial. Although the strategies vary with regard to regime and context, in all of them we observe that while a growing number of social groups are...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2021, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article 1.4
Since the peak of the so-called refugee crisis in 2015, much has been written on the topic of solidarity towards migrants. However, the perspective of migrants on the issue of solidarity and their practices of solidarity has been addressed less. This article aims to outline solidarity in the context of migration in more detail. Firstly, I will outline how solidarity played out towards migrants...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2021, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article 1.3
This paper examines similarities between attitudes towards European redistribution and attitudes towards national redistribution. It maps out possible reasons for expected similarities between the two spatial levels in the degree redistribution is supported and also the underlying mechanisms that foster support rates. To examine the underlying mechanisms, the paper employs a structural...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2021, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article 1.2
Although Solidarność was the largest mass movement in the history of after- war Europe, the experience of solidarity during that time in communist Poland has barely been analysed. Drawing on historical accounts of the events in the 1980s and press interviews with Solidarność members, this paper attempts to bridge this gap and identifies key aspects of the experienced solidarity. It...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2021, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article 1.1
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In: Review of Keynesian Economics, 2015, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 336-350
This paper points out that the roots of the euro-area crisis are to be found in the loss of monetary sovereignty and an unsustainable credit-led economic growth in a variety of ‘peripheral’ countries. It addresses the negative consequences of fiscal austerity in the euro-area crisis framework, in particular regarding the distribution of income and the economic and financial relations...
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