decentralization reform, politicians with different skills are elected in municipalities characterized by different levels of … difference in the tax base, following the decentralization reforms of the '90s. Results strongly support our predictions and are …

equity aspects fiscal decentralization, fiscal competition, fiscal externalities, and intergovernmental grants. The survey …

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 …" consists of unverifiable information and the quality of communication depends on the conflict of interests between the …

This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the … predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two … decentralization is endogenous and depends on the relative political conditions prevailing at each level of government. Consistent with …

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

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

Does regional decentralization threaten the commitment to regional equality in government outcomes? We attempt to shed … health system decentralization: Italy and Spain. We estimate, decompose, and run counterfactual analysis of regional … inequality in government output (health expenditure per capita) and outcome (health system satisfaction) during expansion of …