The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental 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...
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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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| spelling | doaj.art-9233b2b5023c46349e42c92f0ea993912023-08-23T14:44:23ZengPolitecnico di TorinoEuropean Journal of Spatial Development1650-95442014-08-01122The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case StudyKonstantinos J. Hazakis0Panagiotis G. Ioannidis1Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus, KomotiniDemocritus University of Thrace, University Campus, Komotini 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. https://ojstest.polito.it/index.php/EJSD/article/view/211intergovernmental grantsdecentralizationlocal government expenditureregional governmentregional economic policy |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos J. Hazakis Panagiotis G. Ioannidis The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study European Journal of Spatial Development intergovernmental grants decentralization local government expenditure regional government regional economic policy |
| title | The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study |
| title_full | The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study |
| title_short | The Impact of the Local Government Institutional Framework on the Distribution of Intergovernmental Grants: Greek Republic as a Case Study |
| title_sort | impact of the local government institutional framework on the distribution of intergovernmental grants greek republic as a case study |
| topic | intergovernmental grants decentralization local government expenditure regional government regional economic policy |
| url | https://ojstest.polito.it/index.php/EJSD/article/view/211 |
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