Tax me, but spend wisely : public finance and government accountability

Abstract: This paper shows that local governments are more accountable when a larger fraction of their resources comes from local taxes. Moreover extra transfer revenues lead to more corruption, extra tax revenues do not.

Author(s): Gadenne, Lucie

Source(s): , 62 p., ill., graphs, tabs

Published: 2012 American economic association (AEA)], [Nashville, TN (English

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Link: http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2013conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=8

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