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Maria Trojanek, Wojciech Kisiala, Radoslaw Trojanek
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Summary: In this article, the authors examine the impact of EU Cohesion Policy funds on local government autonomy in Italy. The study uses a Difference-in-Differences design combined with Propensity Score Matching to estimate the causal effect. The results, based on a unique database collecting information on EU-funded projects at the municipal level, demonstrate a positive and significant effect of the Cohesion Policy funds on local government autonomy, particularly in terms of tax autonomy.
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Rainer Widmann
Summary: This paper examines the impact of local personal income tax rates on the attractiveness of municipalities as residential locations for immigrant inventors in Switzerland. Using differences in top income tax rates across state borders, the author finds that the probability of an inventor choosing to live in a border municipality is elastic with respect to the top net-of-tax rate, with an elasticity of around 3.2. Additional evidence suggests that inventors' residential location choices have significant implications for entrepreneurial activity and local knowledge spillovers.
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Charmaine B. Distor, Odkhuu Khaltar
Summary: This study identifies the drivers of local government efficiency by investigating internal capacity, rewards for good performance, and compliance with the national government. The findings show that capacity-related factors have the greatest influence on the efficiency of business registration in Philippine cities. Additionally, these factors may vary in their impact depending on the size status of cities.
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Regional & Urban Planning
Andreas Bergh, Gissur O. Erlingsson, Emanuel Wittberg
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Environmental Studies
Fangkun Xin, Yilei Qian
Summary: This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, political incentives for local government leaders, and the green utilization of land resources. The findings indicate that fiscal decentralization is an effective way to enhance the green utilization of land resources. However, when local government leaders face intense promotion pressure, they prioritize short-term economic growth over environmental protection, resulting in the loss of the beneficial effect. Therefore, the study suggests devolving fiscal power while establishing lifetime accountability among local government leaders to reduce their short-termist behaviors and promote sustainable development.
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Economics
Valeria Bucci, Giancarlo Ferrara, Giuliano Resce
Summary: This article examines the relationship between fiscal decentralization and municipality efficiency in Italy. Using a stochastic frontier approach, the study finds strong evidence that fiscal decentralization is positively associated with municipalities' efficiency. This positive effect remains robust even after controlling for additional factors. The findings suggest the need for policies that align expenditure and revenue decision-making more closely.
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Economics
Yueyang Zhao, Jinzhou Mao, Yueshan Li
Summary: This study examines the impact of local governments' environmental emphasis on corporate green innovation using a sample of Chinese Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies from 2008 to 2019. The results show that local governments' environmental emphasis has a significant positive impact on the number of green patents of enterprises. It primarily influences corporate executives' environmental protection awareness and increases environmental protection subsidies. The effect is more pronounced in state-owned enterprises, firms with low financing constraints, and heavily polluting firms. Further research reveals that local governments' environmental emphasis plays a significant role in promoting the number of green invention patents and non-invention patents, with only green invention patents enhancing the intrinsic value of enterprises.
ECONOMIC CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING
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Simona Ferraro, Tommaso Agasisti, Francesco Porcelli, Mara Soncin
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Meixu Ren, Konglin Ke, Xin Yu, Jinxuan Zhao
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of top-down amplification of economic growth targets on banks' loan loss provision. The findings indicate that banks in cities with higher economic growth target pressure will increase their LLPs in order to prepare for potential credit losses. The study also reveals that economic growth target pressure reduces credit allocation efficiency, increases future loan losses, and banks' risk prevention motivation is the mechanism behind accruing LLPs.
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Yuanting Xia, Wenxiu Hu, Zhenxing Su
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Lindy-Anne Siebritz, Ahmad Desai, Serena Coetzee, Antony K. Cooper
Summary: The Digital Earth vision aims to achieve sustainable development, economic growth, and social well-being through accessible geospatial information. However, the involvement of local governments in SDIs faces challenges, and the South African SDI has shortcomings that limit municipal participation.
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Regina Lenart-Gansiniec
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(2021)
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Demography
Susanne Wallman Lundasen
Summary: This study uses large-scale survey data to investigate the impact of intergroup contacts in both the private and public sphere on community trust. The results suggest that considering the frequency of intergroup contacts alone is not sufficient to understand its association with community trust, while contacts occurring in the neighborhood and in civil society organizations have a significant association with community trust.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
(2023)
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Social Issues
Susanne Wallman Lundasen
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between engagement in civil society activities and various forms of social trust in local communities that received different proportions of asylum seekers during the European migrant crisis. The results indicate that involvement in civil society organizations moderates community trust in the context of increased diversity. Trust towards outgroup members varies with the proportion of asylum seekers, but only among those who are not engaged in civil society. Additionally, the study finds that engagement in civil society does not moderate generalized trust, regardless of changes in the proportion of asylum seekers.
NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY
(2023)
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Political Science
Susanne Wallman Lundasen, Gissur Olafur Erlingsson
Summary: This study examines the distinct characteristics of voters who choose to vote for genuine local alternatives compared to other anti-establishment voters in Sweden. The findings show that these voters differ from both the Sweden Democrats' voters and voters for established parties, making them a distinct category of anti-establishment voters.
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Geography
Susanne Wallman Lundasen, Gissur O. Erlingsson
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between beliefs about bias in local decision-making and preferences for anti-establishment parties, as well as the impact of living in urban or rural areas on this relationship. The results reveal geographical polarization even within municipalities, with individuals living in densely populated rural areas and perceiving unequal influence based on geographical location tending to be far left, and those with similar grievances but living in rural areas tending to be far right. Furthermore, Left Party supporters in densely populated areas are more likely to perceive bias against poor districts, while Sweden Democrat supporters in rural areas are more likely to believe that urban residents disregard rural concerns.
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
(2023)
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Political Science
Susanne Wallman Lundasen
Summary: This study contributes to the complex policy issue of maintaining social cohesion in an increasingly diverse society by using data from a large-scale survey. The results highlight the importance of considering the local context and individuals' perceptions when analyzing the effects of intergroup contacts within civil society organizations.
JOURNAL OF CIVIL SOCIETY
(2022)
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Social Issues
Susanne Waltman Lundasen
Summary: This study investigates the potential link between religious participation and civic engagement in Sweden, finding that religious participants are more likely to volunteer in political activities.
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Political Science
Gissur O. Erlingsson, Susanne Wallman Lundasen
Summary: The study found that even in a low-corrupt, high-trust egalitarian society like Sweden, there are variations in local government quality and social trust. Therefore, the quality of subnational-level institutions may be an important factor in shaping within-country variations.
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Susanne Wallman Lundasen
SWISS POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
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Social Issues
Susanne Wallman Lundasen
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Management
Susanne Wallman Lundasen
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
(2014)
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Political Science
Dag Wollebaek, Susanne Wallman Lundasen, Lars Traegardh
SCANDINAVIAN POLITICAL STUDIES
(2012)
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Political Science
Susanne Wallman Lundasen, Dag Wollebaek
JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES
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Susanne Lundasen
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