The Political Cycle of Road Traffic Accidents
In: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 633 (2018); ISBN 978-80-7343-440-3
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In: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 633 (2018); ISBN 978-80-7343-440-3
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In: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 592
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In: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 603
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In: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 565
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In: International review of law and economics, Band 43, S. 32-45
ISSN: 0144-8188
In: CEIS Working Paper No. 349
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In: Biblioteca di testi e studi
In: Economia
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In: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 664
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In: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 666
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In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 127, Heft 605, S. F142-F163
ISSN: 1468-0297
In: European journal of political economy, Band 49, S. 146-163
ISSN: 1873-5703
In a political agency model, we study the effect of introducing a less transparent tax tool for the financing of local governments. We show that lower quality politicians would use more the less transparent tax tool to enhance their probability of re-election. This prediction is tested by studying a reform that in 1999 allowed Italian municipalities to partially substitute a more accountable source of tax revenue (the property tax) with a less transparent one (a surcharge on the personal income tax of residents). Using a Difference in Difference approach, we show that in line with theory, Mayors at their first term in power adopted a higher surcharge on the personal income tax and reduced the property tax rate significantly more than Mayors in their final term.
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