47 research outputs found
Indirect lattice evidence for the Refined Gribov-Zwanziger formalism and the gluon condensate in the Landau gauge
We consider the gluon propagator at various lattice sizes and
spacings in the case of pure SU(3) Yang-Mills gauge theories using the Landau
gauge fixing. We discuss a class of fits in the infrared region in order to
(in)validate the tree level analytical prediction in terms of the (Refined)
Gribov-Zwanziger framework. It turns out that an important role is played by
the presence of the widely studied dimension two gluon condensate
. Including this effect allows to obtain an acceptable fit up to
1 \'{a} 1.5 GeV, while corroborating the Refined Gribov-Zwanziger prediction
for the gluon propagator. We also discuss the infinite volume extrapolation,
leading to the estimate . As a byproduct, we can
also provide the prediction obtained at
the renormalization scale .Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures, updated version, accepted for publication in
Phs.Rev.
Optimization problem for extremals of the trace inequality in domains with holes
We study the Sobolev trace constant for functions defined in a bounded domain
\O that vanish in the subset We find a formula for the first variation
of the Sobolev trace with respect to hole. As a consequence of this formula, we
prove that when \O is a centered ball, the symmetric hole is critical when we
consider deformation that preserve volume but is not optimal for some case.Comment: 13 page
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle : evidence from Israel
This paper examines whether revenue decentralization and direct external
financial supervision affect the incidence and strength of political budget
cycles, using a panel of Israeli municipalities during the period 1999-2009.
We find that high dependence on central government transfers—as
reflected in a low share of locally raised revenues in the municipality’s
budget—exacerbates political budget cycles, while tight
monitoring—exercised through central government appointment of
external accountants to debt accumulating municipalities—eliminates
them. These results suggest that political budget cycles can result from
fiscal institutions that create soft budget constraints: that is, where
incumbents and rational voters can expect that the costs of pre-election
expansions will be partly covered later by the central government