http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/iber_bphup_rw/rss Recent eScholarship items from Other Recent Work Wed, 1 Jul 2026 07:47:42 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6w93x388 <p>This paper considers the relative centralization or decentralization of public finance, and relates the equity and efficiency issues ot the special features of developing economies. The paper considers the centralization of taxation and service provision in Indonesia in relation to these theoretical prinicples and indicates ways in which we may expect decentralization to proceed in the Indonesian context.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6w93x388 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Quigley, John M. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/77b5243v <p>Studies of the “stated preferences” of households generally report public and political opposition by urban commuters to congestion pricing. It is thought that this opposition inhibits or precludes tolls and pricing systems that would enhance efficiency in the use of scarce roadways. This paper analyzes the only case in which road pricing was decided by a citizen referendum on the basis of experience with a specific pricing system. The city of Stockholm introduced a toll system for 7 months in 2006, after which citizens voted on its permanent adoption. We match precinct voting records to resident commute times and costs by traffic zone, and we analyze patterns of voting in response to economic and political incentives. We document political and ideological incentives for citizen choice, but we also find that the pattern of time savings and incremental costs exerts a powerful influence on voting behavior.</p><p>In this instance, at least, citizen voters behave as if they value... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/77b5243v Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Harsman, Bjorn Quigley, John M.