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 …

example of a "delegation-scheme." Conversely, project aid represents a more "centralized" type of aid. According to the theory …

In this paper, we present theory and global evidence on how mobile internet access affects desire and plans to emigrate …. Our theory predicts that mobile internet access increases desire and plans to emigrate. Our empirical analysis combines …-middle-income countries. In line with our theory, an important mechanism appears to be that access to the mobile internet lowers the cost of …

Patient mobility is a key issue in the EU who recently passed a new law on patients' right to EU-wide provider choice …. In this paper we use a Hotelling model with two regions that differ in technology to study the impact of patient mobility … on health care quality, health care financing and welfare. We show that without patient mobility quality is too low (high …

I propose a model of income redistribution in an open-economy environment. The world consists of a finite number of …