Political institutions and income inequality: the case of decentralization
Abstract: "Political power is being reallocated across territorial boundaries. Traditionally centralized polities are either decentralized or on their way to decentralization. In addition, European nations are engaged in the process of building a common set of rules both respectful to and compatible with their own peculiarities. As a result, the number of political entities in which several levels of government share a common economic space has increased. This paper analyzes how decentralization interacts with the politics of redistribution and inequality. The argument can be outlined as follows. Contrary to what is conventionally argued, decentralization per se does not necessarily lead towards higher (or lower) levels of income inequality. Whatever the impact of decentralization on the distribution of income may be, it is to a large extent a function of the internal structures of inequality within regions and their combination. Secondly, if decentralization indeed leads to different distri
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Die Auswirkungen von Dezentralisierung auf Einkommensungleichheit
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 47 S.
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
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Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Märkte und Politik, Forschungsgruppe Institutionen, Staaten, Märkte ; Bd. 2003-09
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Politik
- Schlagwort
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OECD
Einkommensverteilung
Dezentralisierung
Verteilungspolitik
Finanzbeziehungen
Theorie
Schätzung
OECD-Staaten
Einkommensverteilung
Dezentralisation
Verteilungspolitik
Popitzsches Gesetz
Fiskalföderalismus
Schätzung
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Berlin
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2003
- Urheber
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-111851
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Beramendi, Pablo
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Entstanden
- 2003
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