Toward A Second-Generation Theory of Fiscal Federalism

By W. Oates. 2005

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A Practitioner’s Guide to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers (2006, background): “According to this view, as argued by Oates (1982), fiscal equalization is a matter of political taste.”
The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization: A Survey (2015, neutral): ““society” as a whole (Oates, 2005).”
Local Government Revenue Mobilisation in Anglophone Africa (2012, background): “Still, a set of ‘tax-assignment rules’ has been developed in the traditional fiscal federalism theory (Oates 2005, 1972; Musgrave 2000; Bird 2010).”
Asymmetric impact of fiscal decentralization and environmental innovation on carbon emissions: Evidence from highly decentralized countries (2021, methodology): “While ED is derived from the same method as narrated above, and it is the relative proportion of provincial government expenditure to the total national government expenditures.(84)”
Challenges and growth: the development of the interdisciplinary field of institutional analysis (2007, background): “What has not been observed, however, is a strong negative association between polycentric organization and performance that underlay the massive earlier campaigns to eliminate multiplicity of governmental units (Oates, 2005).”
Second generation fiscal federalism: The implications of fiscal incentives (2009, background): “SGFF builds on FGFF but assumes that public officials have goals induced by political institutions that often diverge from maximizing citizen welfare (Oates, 2005; Garzarelli, 2004; Qian and Weingast, 1997; see also Brennan and Buchanan, 1980; Salmon, 1986; and Wicksell, 1967).”
Sovereign Bond Market Reactions to Fiscal Rules and No-Bailout Clauses - The Swiss Experience (2013, neutral): “…systems has been studied extensively in the literature; see, e.g., the models by Wildasin (1997) and Goodspeed (2002) as well as the survey in Oates (2005). a favourable assessment at financial markets, since their liabilities are backed up by the guarantor, whereas the latter must be…”
On the optimal design of disaster insurance in a federation (2011, neutral): “A third strand of literature relates to “second generation” models of federalism as reviewed by Oates (2005) for instance.”
Does fiscal decentralization foster regional investment in productive infrastructure (2013, background): “In this second generation fiscal federalism theory, sub-national governments are considered to be pursuing their own interests rather than being benevolent (see also Oates, 2005).”
Decentralization and Local Governments' Performance: How Does Fiscal Autonomy Affect Spending Efficiency? (2012, neutral): “To this end, Oates (2005) suggests to implement a reliable and effective system of local taxation, such as the Property Tax, because of the incentives this type of tax provides to local governments toward the provision of public goods that maximises citizens’ property values, and – in turn – their…”