Several arguments derived from fiscal federalism theory suggest that decentralization may lead to improved levels of … effects of decentralization on educational outcomes in Spain. These are measured using a survival rate, defined as the ratio … comprising the 50 provinces of Spain for the years 1978 to 2005, a period that covers the entire process of decentralization …

This paper uses cross-national data to examine the effects of different dimensions of decentralization on the … expenditure and revenue sides of their activities, is what really matters in determining the effect of decentralization on … conducted, thus corroborating that they are not driven by the potential endogeneity of decentralization policies. …

This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data … that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in general. However, estimations using an interaction variable … approach imply that the effect depends on the level of economic development. While rich countries benefit from decentralization …

while greater use of grants increases corruption. This suggests that expenditure decentralization that is accompanied by … revenue decentralization is likely to discourage corruption while expenditure decentralization that is funded by grants tends …

Using a simple model of incomplete contracts to characterize the relationship between decentralization and contracting … governments will contract more with the private sector. Then, I use the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia to test these … of the fact that the level of decentralization is decided using an exogenous population threshold to identify causal …

The well-known "Decentralization Theorem" (Oates, 1972) establishes the superiority of decentralized public provision … capital stocks by region both before and after the decentralization of such responsibilities. We find that investment in both …