The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovern-mental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study

The article analyses grant allocation from central governments to municipalities in Greece during the period 2003-2010. A quantitative analysis is based on two simple models that include normative socioeconomic and institutional factors. Data of 970 municipalities and 50 prefectures of Greece over t...

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Autores principales: Konstantinos J. Hazakis, Panagiotis G. Ioannidis
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1abc4ca3b61b4a55a6c7a7fc65ca84402021-12-02T01:28:12ZThe Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovern-mental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study1650-95441650-9544https://doaj.org/article/1abc4ca3b61b4a55a6c7a7fc65ca84402014-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.nordregio.se/Global/EJSD/Refereed%20articles/refereed55.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1650-9544https://doaj.org/toc/1650-9544The article analyses grant allocation from central governments to municipalities in Greece during the period 2003-2010. A quantitative analysis is based on two simple models that include normative socioeconomic and institutional factors. Data of 970 municipalities and 50 prefectures of Greece over the period 2003-2010 clearly show that institutional variables such as years of general elections and prefect’s experience exert more influence on grant allocation than normative variables such as GDP per capita. A substantial transfer of competences from central to local government could significantly ameliorate local tax revenues.Konstantinos J. HazakisPanagiotis G. IoannidisPolitecnico di Torinoarticleintergovernmental grantsdecentralizationlocal government expenditureregional governmentregional economic policyUrban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395ENEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, Iss 55 (2014)
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collection DOAJ
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topic intergovernmental grants
decentralization
local government expenditure
regional government
regional economic policy
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
spellingShingle intergovernmental grants
decentralization
local government expenditure
regional government
regional economic policy
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
Konstantinos J. Hazakis
Panagiotis G. Ioannidis
The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovern-mental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study
description The article analyses grant allocation from central governments to municipalities in Greece during the period 2003-2010. A quantitative analysis is based on two simple models that include normative socioeconomic and institutional factors. Data of 970 municipalities and 50 prefectures of Greece over the period 2003-2010 clearly show that institutional variables such as years of general elections and prefect’s experience exert more influence on grant allocation than normative variables such as GDP per capita. A substantial transfer of competences from central to local government could significantly ameliorate local tax revenues.
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title The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovern-mental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study
title_short The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovern-mental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study
title_full The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovern-mental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study
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