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Distributive Politics and the Costs of Centralization
Lockwood, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper integrates the distributive politics literature with the literature on decentralization by incorporating …. The efficiency of decentralization and the performance of 'constitutional rules' (such as majority voting) which may be … used to choose between decentralization and centralization are then discussed in this framework. Stronger externalities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789145
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Centralized versus Decentralized Provision of Local Public Goods: a Political Economy Analysis
Besley, Timothy J.; Coate, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
of centralization stressed in the existing literature disappear, suggesting that the case for decentralization must be … driven by political economy considerations. Our political economy analysis assumes that under decentralization public goods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791736
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Decentralization and the Productive Efficiency of Government: Evidence from Swiss Cantons
Barankay, Iwan; Lockwood, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Advocates of fiscal decentralization argue that amongst other benefits, it can increase the efficiency of delivery of … education expenditure decentralization and the productive efficiency of schools using a data-set of Swiss cantons. We first … provide careful evidence that expenditure decentralization is a powerful proxy for legal local autonomy. Further panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123882
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The Implications of Space for Competition
Scotchmer, Suzanne; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
Incorporating space in economic models has two important consequences. First, the hypothesis of perfect competition becomes untenable, and second, the distinction between private and public goods becomes blurred. We review arguments that lead to these conclusions and summarize recent work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791949
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Political Budget Cycles and Fiscal Decentralization
Gonzalez, Paula; Hindriks, Jean J.G.; Lockwood, Ben; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
probability is larger under centralization (decentralization) when the rents to office are low (high). Voter welfare under the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124313
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On the Optimal Structure of Local Governments
Hochman, Oded; Pines, David; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
implies that the appropriate suppliers of LPGs are metropolitan approach invalidates the prevailing theory of fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656169
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The Henry George Theorem in a second-best world
Behrens, Kristian; Kanemoto, Yoshitsugu; Murata, Yasusada - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
The Henry George Theorem (HGT), or the golden rule of local public finance, states that, in first-best economies, the fiscal surplus, defined as aggregate land rents minus aggregate losses from increasing returns to scale activities, is zero at optimal city sizes. We derive a general second-best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784737
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Welfare Benefits of Agglomeration and Worker Heterogeneity
Groot, Henri L.F. De; Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Teulings, Coen N - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
The direct impact of local public goods on welfare is relatively easy to measure from land rents. However, the indirect effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial general equilibrium model for the valuation of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084268
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Education, Income Distribution, and Growth: The Local Connection
Bénabou, Roland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper develops a simple model of human capital accumulation and community formation by heterogeneous families, which provides an integrated framework for analysing the local determinants of inequality and growth. Five main conclusions emerge. First, minor differences in education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661649
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Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; Lahire, Nathalie; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011249370