Charging for public services: the case of utilities in Norwegian local governments

Borge, Lars–Erik

doi:10.1016/s0166-0462(00)00051-x

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“…The economic and political determinants of the tax level are broadly consistent with other Norwegian studies (Borge [1] and Borge and Rattsø [3]). The exogenous revenues of local governments, GRANTS, are the major determinant of the tax level.…”

Section: Reduced Form Demand Model Of Local Taxationsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…The variable is available for the period 1996-1998 and the data are collected and arranged by Statistics Norway. Borge [1] and Borge and Rattsø [3] show how the fee level works as local tax discretion and how it varies systematically with local economic and political conditions. The analysis below extends these studies to include mobility aspects.…”

Section: Empirical Specificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments

Carlsen

Langset

Rattsø

2005

Journal of Urban Economics

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The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments Abstract:The mobility of the tax base may influence fiscal outcomes. The many theoretical contributions about the role of mobility are not matched by empirical evidence. Existing studies address strategic interaction between governments, but have little to say about mobility. We introduce a new measure of mobility conditions based on the geographic profit variability of industrial sectors. The econometric analysis shows a systematic negative relationship between mobility conditions and tax level among municipalities in Norway. The analysis takes into account neighborhood effects in a spatial model, and the endogeneity of mobility conditions is handled with instrumental variables.

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Section: Reduced Form Demand Model Of Local Taxationsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Empirical Specificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments

Carlsen

Langset

Rattsø

2005

Journal of Urban Economics

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“…The evidence of revenue substitution is consistent with the recent Norwegian study of Borge (2000) who uses a di erent data set for the poll tax. On the other hand, a selected review of the voluminous US literature indicates that the results are rather mixed.…”

Section: Interpretation Of the Broader Determinants Of Tax Structuresupporting

confidence: 87%

Income distribution and tax structure: Empirical test of the Meltzer–Richard hypothesis

Borge

2004

European Economic Review

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“…There is evidence that political strength contributes to lower user charges (Borge, 2000) and to lower budget deficits (Borge, 2005).…”

Section: Explaining Variation In Educational Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Efficiency Potential and Efficiency Variation in Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools

Borge¹,

Naper²

2006

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The paper performs an efficiency analysis of the lower secondary school sector in Norway.The efficiency potential is calculated to 14 percent based on a DEA analysis with grades in core subjects (adjusted for student characteristics and family background) as outputs. The analysis of the determinants of efficiency indicates that a high level of municipal revenue, a high degree of party fragmentation, and a high share of socialists in the local council are associated with low educational efficiency. The negative effects of the share of socialists and party fragmentation seem to reflect both higher resource use and lower student performance. JEL code: I21Keyword: educational efficiency, DEA analysis, determinants of efficiency, political and budgetary institutions

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Charging for public services: the case of utilities in Norwegian local governments

Cited by 37 publications

References 22 publications

The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments

The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments

Income distribution and tax structure: Empirical test of the Meltzer–Richard hypothesis

Efficiency Potential and Efficiency Variation in Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools

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