Feld, Lars P.; Zimmermann, Horst; Döring, Thomas - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2004
economic growth, because mainly the regions of a country contribute to national economic development. Thus, a government … decentralization or federalism increases growth through a higher ability of the political system to innovate and to carry out reforms …. After a discussion of the theoretical arguments on federalism and growth, we address the empirical question in this paper …