Search for dissertations about: "local revenue"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words local revenue.

2. 1. Local government expenditures and regional growth in Sweden

   Author : Johan Lundberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deficit shocks; local authorities; local public expenditures; tax base; externalities; spatial econometrics; regional growth; migration; Kommunal ekonomi; Sverige;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers, which concern expenditure decisions and economic growth within Swedish local government.Paper [1] explores the hypothesis that local fiscal shocks have short run effects on revenue and expenditure decisions made within local government. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on redistribution and local public expenditures

   Author : Mikael Witterblad; Thomas Aronsson; Tomas Sjögren; Lars-Erik Borge; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; optimal taxation; unemployment; durable goods; flypaper effects; intergovernmental relations; demand system; local government spending; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four papers. The first two papers are theoretical contributions within the area of optimal taxation and public expenditures under asymmetric information between the government and the private sector, and the last two are empirical contributions to the literature on local public expenditures. READ MORE

5. 3. Determinants of the use of accounting information in the public sector budgetary decision-making processes : the case of Tanzanian Local Government Authorities (LGAs)

   Author : Latifa Mbelwa; Karl-Johan Bonnedahl; Håkan Bohman; Henrik Höglund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The use of accounting information; Determinants; Budget Decision Making processes; Public Sector; Financial Legitimacy and organization Efficiency as well as Developing Country.; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

   Abstract : Since the 1980s, public sector entities have been exposed to accounting reforms under an umbrella of New Public Management (NPM). The main purpose of adoption of accounting reforms is to increase efficiency in decision-making by producing useful accounting information. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Debts and Constitutions

   Author : Emanuel Kohlscheen; Torsten Persson; Jonathan Eaton; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; debt; constitution; sovereign risk; federalism; credibility; political institutions; renegotiation; trade credit; international reserves; bailout; revenue sharing; soft budget; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis includes two essays on sovereign debt and one on subnational governments' debts within a federation. In the two first essays, simple constitutional rules - that define how economic interactions unfold - are found to influence the outcome in important ways. READ MORE

7. 5. Mining Booms in Africa and Local Welfare Effects: Labor Markets, Women’s Empowerment and Criminality

   Author : Anja Tolonen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development; Extractive Industries; Mining; Economic Growth; Women s Empowerment; Labor Markets; Africa; Criminality; Gender;

   Abstract : The role that extractive industries can play in processes of economic development is frequently described as, at best non-existent, or at worst, persistently negative. Extractive industries, while focusing on unearthing large sub-soil wealth, are sometimes linked to adverse political and macroeconomic outcomes in developing countries. READ MORE