This paper explores sources of the output collapse in Russia during transition. A modified growth accounting framework … productivity are assessed using data on sub-national regions within Russia. Privatization and entry of private firms are found to …

This paper investigates whether the linkages between economic growth in Russia and growth in other countries in the …

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

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

ambitious decentralization program implemented by the authorities since the late 1990s has had mixed results in terms of …

There is increasing interest in fiscal decentralization in Peru as a mechanism to generate more involved decision … decentralization process with greater transparency …

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 …