Local government resource use under a centralised system of financing
The case of Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6303362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lars‐erik Borges, Lars–erik Borges (0000-0003-3779-3000, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Lars‐Erik Borge, J⊘rn Ratts⊘, J∅rn Ratts∅ (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-54 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003939908433936 |
| OpenAlex | W2117054008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
In Norway decentralised provision of welfare services is combined with a centralised system of financing local and county governments. The paper offers an overview of the historical background of centralised financing, and discusses the economic consequences in relation to recent empirical analyses of local government resource use. The main findings are: (i) Norwegian local governments are not very responsive to changes in the age composition of the population; (ii) the degree of sluggishness is related to interest group pressure; (iii) local governments with a 'weak' political leadership are more likely to accommodate interest group pressure to increase spending and thereby the budget deficit; (iv) 'strong' central governments seem to be less vulnerable to strategic grant‐seeking behaviour by local governments
Business · Economic policy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Norwegian · Political science · Politics · Population · Public economics · Resource (disambiguation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Finance
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2018 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |