(consensual crowding out). And finally, the more a government supports democratization, the lower is the individual's engagement …

simple model of transition and democratization is presented wherein we show that the effectiveness of repression by the … country to start a transition process towards democratization is not necessarily the one nearest to the free world. …

capital. I find no robust evidence to corroborate the theoretically predicted benefits of decentralization. …

school resources differently as decentralization took place. Using municipal data the paper studies how per pupil spending … decentralization. As nothing much has happened with per pupil spending, the teacher-pupil ratio has become more evenly distributed …

elderly, using panel data on Swedish municipalities over 1996-2005. The high degree of decentralization in the organization of …

This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with … services such as water, sanitation, education and health care, and the impacts of decentralization on service quality and the …

This paper provides a comparative assessment of fiscal decentralization in China and India, including the standard …, despite decentralizing reforms. The implications of differences in decentralization for fiscal outcomes and economic growth … decentralization. …

elderly, using panel data on Swedish municipalities over 1996-2005. The high degree of decentralization in the organization of …

and structural characteristics affected local schooling resources as decentralization took place. We use municipal data … for the period 1989–95 which covers the key reform years without confounding decentralization with institutional changes … after 1995. The main arguments against decentralization are not supported by our findings. First, school spending as well as …