Financing Local Government

Watt, Peter

doi:10.1080/0300393042000318012

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“…As indicated in previous sections, prior research has been mainly focused on the analysis of financial sustainability at the local governmental level. There are several reasons that could make prior research have been centred on LGs such as their closeness to citizens and the wide range of public services that they provide [55,56].…”

Section: Samplementioning

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The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on Financial Sustainability of Public Services: A Comparative Analysis in Regional Governments and Local Governments

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In recent years, financial sustainability (FS) of public policies has become a key concept in all governmental levels due to the need for ensuring public services delivery for future generations. Prior research has been focused on the financial sustainability in local governments (LGs) although its findings suggested the need to analyze this magnitude in other levels of government because political decisions could be different in each type of public entity. So, FS has also become very relevant in the Regional Government (RGs) context because their public policies affect not only at the regional level but also the local one. Therefore, from a comparative approach, this paper seeks to identify socio-demographic factors which could influence on the financial sustainability, in the Spanish context for both LGs vs. RGS in order to establish public policies to make sustainable public goods and services. Findings demonstrate that differences in influential factors between these two levels of public administration exist: factors such as population size and foreign population could have an effect on the financial sustainability of both governmental levels while the unemployment rate, dependent population, and population density affect differently on LGs and RGs.

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The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on Financial Sustainability of Public Services: A Comparative Analysis in Regional Governments and Local Governments

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“…Whatever the cause, globally, all recognize the power of taxation at all levels of government. Watt (2004, 621) does so in studying British local authorities, arguing that they have shifted toward more local rather than central funding, which takes place through more local tax collection.…”

Section: Mayoral Quality and Local Public Financementioning

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Mayoral Quality and Local Public Finance

Avellaneda

2009

Public Administration Review

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In most local developing settings, the political leader and the municipal manager are embodied in the same fi gure, the directly elected mayor. Th is research explores the impact of mayoral quality on local public fi nances in a developing country. Mayoral quality is operationalized as educational background and jobrelated expertise to analyze its impact on two local fi nancial indicators: property tax collection and social spending per capita. Th e mayoral quality thesis is tested across 40 Colombian municipalities over fi ve years (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004). After considering other political, economic, and external infl uences, the fi ndings reveal that mayoral quality is associated with greater property tax collection and more social spending per capita. Th is positive infl uence, however, decreases under external constraints-such as presence of illegal armed groups. Th is study demonstrates how much infl uence the mayor can have when circumstances permit. Th e fi ndings point to the signifi cance of electing qualifi ed mayors, as decentralization may not directly improve subnational fi nance. Instead, through decentralization, qualifi ed mayors contribute to improved local public fi nance.

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“…Thus, the system in Ghana is unlike the system in countries such as the UK where property rates are calculated on the basis of open market rental values and for which reason an increase in property values can be captured by the State through property rates (Watt, 2004). In Ghana, replacement cost is the basis of calculating property rates (Act 462, Section 96).…”

Section: Local Governance and Local Economic Developmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Windfalls, wipeouts, and local economic development: A study of an emerging oil city in West Africa

Obeng‐Odoom

2013

Local Economy

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Analysis of the political economy of oil tends to be under the rubric of 'resource curse' to the neglect of the broader problematique of the distribution of windfalls and wipeouts, the mediating role of institutions, and broader issues of local economic development. This article tries to fill this lacuna by focusing on the experiences of Sekondi-Takoradi, an oil city located in Ghana. Using the principles of eminent domain and decentralisation as analytical framework, it shows 'who gets what' in an oil city; demonstrates why different levels of compensation and betterment ought to be paid and received; and reveals the role and struggles of the local State in trying to ensure harmonious local economic development.

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Financing Local Government

Cited by 26 publications

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The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on Financial Sustainability of Public Services: A Comparative Analysis in Regional Governments and Local Governments

The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on Financial Sustainability of Public Services: A Comparative Analysis in Regional Governments and Local Governments

Mayoral Quality and Local Public Finance

Windfalls, wipeouts, and local economic development: A study of an emerging oil city in West Africa

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