empirical evidence about actual country practices. This paper presents data on fiscal decentralization for about 80 countries … for transition economies, the levels of decentralization are relatively stable over the time period. The findings are … factors identified in the literature as determining the extent of fiscal decentralization …

Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of … governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and government effectiveness. Unlike previous studies in the decentralization …/governance literature, which focus primarily on expenditure-based measures of decentralization, the results reported in this paper show that …

The US economy is often referred to as the "banker to the world," due to its unique role in supplying global reserve … globalization raises wealth inequality in a financially-developed economy initially due to foreign capital pressing up domestic …

between financial globalization and corporate tax rates and revenues—results vary according to country grouping with OECD …