This study analyzes the links between efficiency and the decentralization of power in
Spanish local governments for the years 1995 and 2000. To this end, we carried out a two …

This paper analyses the role of partisan politics in determiningthe local tax burden. Property
taxes are the most important revenuesource which municipalities in the Netherlands can …

The literature provides both theories and empirical assessments that link national electoral
cycles and opportunistic incumbents' behaviour. However, at the subnational level the …

Public finance theories state that both political and socioeconomic factors must be
considered in order to explain governments' finances. On the one hand,“partisan politics …

This paper analyzes the effects of electoral cycles on municipal police expenditure. We use
a database with information on Spanish municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants for …

The significant relationship between public spending and political system has led to a
considerable increase in the studies being carried out to analyze how the latter affects public …

To what extent should local and regional governments in the European Union be allowed to
determine their own fiscal policies? Fiscal federalism is concerned with whether activities …

La situación fiscal de los gobiernos locales es el resultado de diversas circunstancias
políticas y económicas. Así, los factores socioeconómicos (la población y el nivel …

This paper provides, for the first time, an insight into the influence of urban, political,
demographic, and economic factors on several categories of municipal spending, after …

This article seeks to ascertain whether local governments make improper use of their
discretion and use pecuniary sanctions for electoral purposes. To this end, a sample of …