component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining differences in (1 … study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization. …

decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision … of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to … innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government …

for EE, but negative for the FSU. Economic liberalization, privatization and deindustrialization are found to have …

and economic liberalization affect governments’ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981 …

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital ac-cumulation, income and … inequality are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases … decreases and the liberalization path has stochastic dominance over the Baseline-As-Usual. These results are very robust to our …