Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes … of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model. We argue that the likeliness … support the relevance of political factors as determinants of fiscal decentralization. The relationship between central …

This paper surveys recent research on decentralization and natural disasters. The first part discusses results from …

This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …

explaining variation in the degree of decentralization across countries. Within a two-sided incomplete information principal …-agent framework, it analyzes two alternative policy-decision schemes — ‘decentralization' and ‘centralization' — when ‘knowledge … government levels. It is shown that, depending on which level of policy decision-making controls the degree of decentralization …

This paper adds to the literature by utilizing improved data on tax revenue decentralization to re-examine the … relationship between fiscal decentralization and the size of government. An econometric analysis using panel data from 18 OECD … countries shows that fiscal decentralization matters for both the size and composition of government spending. Tax revenue …

This paper attempts to identify the effect of fiscal decentralization on public sector efficiency (PSE). We employ data … alternative fiscal decentralization measures. Backed by strong empirical results, obtained from a number of different … specifications, we contend that PSE is increasing with fiscal decentralization …

model to account for this. The idea is that decentralization serves as a commitment device to ensure that ex post chose … the decentralization process in China in 1980-1990s, as well as the fact that government decentralization is generally …

line with the hypothesis that greater revenue decentralization (measured as sub-national governments' share of own source …

health system decentralization: Italy and Spain. We estimate, decompose, and run counterfactual analysis of regional …Does regional decentralization threaten the commitment to regional equality in government outcomes? We attempt to shed … health care decentralization in both countries. We find no evidence of increase in regional inequalities in outcomes and …