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Political corruption and voter turnout: mobilization or disaffection?

Costas-Pérez, Elena - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2014

corruption perceptions in response to a scandal. …Corruption may affect voter turnout either by mobilizing citizens to go to the polls or by promoting voter disaffection …. Our results show that repeated episodes of corruption increase the boost abstentionism. Independent voters – those with no …

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Corruption, accountability, and decentralization: theory and evidence from Mexico

Goodspeed, Timothy J. - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2011

accountable to its citizens. Accountability to citizens is also important in understanding the presence of corruption in … associated with less corruption (other things equal), while financial structures with less accountability should be associated … increases corruption. We then use a panel data set of Mexican states to study the relationship between funding sources for …

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Citizens' control and the efficiency of local public services

Roca, Núria Bosch; Queralt, Marta Espasa; Corral, … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010

It is generally accepted that fiscal decentralization increases citizens’ control over politicians, fostering accountability and increasing efficiency. This article identifies the socioeconomic characteristics of citizens (potential voters) that increase their control over local policy-makers...

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Evaluating the effects of decentralization on educational outcomes in Spain

Salinas, Paula; Solé-Ollé, Albert - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2009

Several arguments derived from fiscal federalism theory suggest that decentralization may lead to improved levels of efficiency in the provision of public goods and services. The aim of this study is to examine this hypothesis by evaluating the effects of decentralization on educational outcomes...

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The effect of decentralization on educational outcomes: real autonomy matters!

Salinas, Paula - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2014

This paper uses cross-national data to examine the effects of different dimensions of decentralization on the efficiency of educational policies in OECD countries. The results show that the autonomy of subnational governments, both on the expenditure and revenue sides of their activities, is...

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Overlapping political budget cycles in the legislative and the executive

Foremny, Dirk; Freier, Ronny; Moessinger, Marc-Daniel; … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2015

We advance the literature on political budget cycles by testing separately for cycles in expenditures for elections in the legislative and the executive. Using municipal data, we can separately identify these cycles and account for general year effects. For the executive branch, we show that it...

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Regional inequality and decentralization – an empirical analysis

Lessmann, Christian - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2012

This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic development. Cross-section and panel data estimations show that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in...

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In government we trust: the role of fiscal decentralization

Ligthart, Jenny E.; Oudheusden, Peter van - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2011

We measure the contribution of fiscal decentralization to trust in government. Using repeated cross-country survey data of individuals on several measures of trust in government over the 1994{2007 period, we estimate an ordered response model of the government trust and fiscal decentralization...

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Does fiscal discipline towards sub-national governments affect citizens’ well-being? evidence on health

Piacenza, Massimiliano; Turati, Gilberto - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010

This paper aims at assessing the impact on citizens’ well-being of fiscal discipline imposed by Central Government to sub-national governments. Since health care policies involve strategic interactions between different layers of governments in many different countries, we focus on a...

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Determinants of fiscal decentralization: political economy aspects

Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010

This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial fiscal decentralization. Under shared expenditure responsibility, the degree of decentralization is endogenous and depends on the...

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