The effect of direct democracy on the level and structure of local taxes

We study the effect of direct democracy on local taxation. Our setting is the German federal state of Bavaria, where in 1995 a state-wide reform introduced the possibility to initiate direct democratic legislation into the local government code. Relying on a sample of all Bavarian municipalities ove...

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Main Authors: Asatryan, Zareh (Author) , Baskaran, Thushyanthan (Author) , Heinemann, Friedrich (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 22 April 2017
In: Regional science and urban economics
Year: 2017, Volume: 65, Pages: 38-55
ISSN:1879-2308
DOI:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.04.006
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.04.006
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046217301357
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Author Notes:Zareh Asatryan, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Friedrich Heinemann

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