on fiscal decentralization suggesting that redistribution is most effectively carried out at sub-central levels of … that the decentralization of government expenditure can help achieve a more equal distribution of income. However, several … conditions need to be fulfilled: i) the government sector needs to be sufficiently large, ii) decentralization should be …

decentralization and the potential trade-offs between decentralization and income redistribution. By contrast, it has generally put … less emphasis on the effects of decentralization on macroeconomic management, although policymakers worldwide increasingly … have to grapple with these effects. This paper examines the constraints that a high degree of decentralization can place on …

decentralization systems by examining the sequencing and economic principles underlying revenue and expenditure assignments, the use of …

liberalization, privatization, and stabilization reforms. Theory predicts that decentralization may aggravate fiscal imbalances …Several transition economies have undertaken fiscal decentralization reforms over the past two decades along with …

decentralization is not the root cause of this situation. Panel estimation techniques find evidence that the trend rise in deficits …