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Governance and fiscal decentralisation in Latin America : an empirical approach

Pinilla, Diego E.; Hernández-Medina, Patricia - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 8, pp. 1-18

The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between certain institutional variables and the effectiveness of fiscal decentralisation in Latin America. To fulfil this objective, we took a sample of 15 Latin American countries for the years 1996 to 2020 to estimate the logarithm...

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Is fiscal decentralization growth enhancing? : a cross-country study in developing countries over the period 1990-2014

Digdowiseiso, Kumba - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 3, pp. 1-17

. However, several studies have neglected the role of institutions and other institutional settings in fiscal decentralization …. This study augments the literature by revisiting the fiscal decentralization-growth nexus regarding institutional quality …

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Regional heterogeneity of preferences and intergovernmental transfers

Ponce Rodríguez, Raúl A.; Ponce Rodríguez, Benito Alan - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 1/33, pp. 1-21

We develop a model with optimal shares of intergovernmental transfers, and we apply a simulation analysis of our model for the case of Mexico. The main outcomes of this paper are as follows: First, we provide optimal shares of intergovernmental funds to be allocated in each state considering the...

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Economic freedom and income inequality : does political regime matter?

Ahmad, Mahyudin - In: Economies : open access journal 5 (2017) 2, pp. 1-28

consistently significant liberalization policies across the baseline estimations and various sensitivity tests. The paper is …

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The impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil liberties in the Americas

Bojanic, Antonio - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil … liberties in the Americas. The findings indicate that decentralization initially hampers but eventually enhances accountability … a more inclusive, participatory government. The impact of fiscal decentralization on economic freedom, however, runs …

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Did decentralisation affect citizens' perception of the European Union? : the impact during the height of decentralisation in Europe

Tselios, Vassilis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 2/38, pp. 1-26

behind the varying perceptions about Europe. Two dimensions of decentralization-political and fiscal-are considered in the …

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Ensuring budgetary resources at the level of local communities in the current social-economic context : evidence for Romanian municipalities

Onofrei, Mihaela; Bostan, Ionel; Cigu, Elena; … - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16

This paper aims to examine whether the status of fiscal decentralization generates efficiency in local spending … point of vertical fiscal imbalance but also the fiscal implication of spending decentralization and local government … empirical results show that fiscal decentralization determines more responsible and efficient local spending, enhancing local …

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Financial development, human resources, and economic growth in transition countries

Nguyen Thi Anh Nhu - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 6, pp. 1-12

This study explored the linkage between financial development, human resources, and economic growth in a group of twenty-five transition countries during the period 1995-2019. The author applied a range of estimations such as Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), fixed effects model, and two-step GMM...

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Growth and inequality linkages of the Mexican states in the new century : a panel data approach with spatially lagged variables

Artal Tur, Andrés; Osorio Caballero, María Isabel; … - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 2, pp. 1-26

The direction of the relationship between economic growth and income (social) inequality remains an open area of research, with theoretical models suggesting the possibility of positive or negative covariations. This study contributes to the debate by examining the case of Mexico, a country...

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Growth effects of wealth inequality through transmission channels

Motahar, Seyed Armin; Mamipour, Siab - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 2, pp. 1-21

In light of the substantial rise in economic inequality in recent decades across the majority of economies, the relationship between inequality and economic growth has garnered significant attention. However, the specific impact of wealth inequality through various transmission channels on...

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