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Amanor-Boadu, Vincent; Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe; Ross, Kara L.. |
The paper aims at examining how sources and distribution of revenue at the local government level influence the economic well-being of citizens. The results of this study help to illuminate the effect of revenue sources on local government efforts on economic development and their capacity to influence the well-being of their citizens. We hypothesized that the distribution of local government revenue influenced the wealth status of its citizens. Three empirical proxy measures for citizen well-being were used in the estimation of three different panel data models. Results from the estimations suggest that local government revenue generated from its citizens (e.g., taxes, insurance and charges) have more influence on citizen well-being than non-citizen... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Local government; Revenues; Tax; Citizen well-being; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46828 |