Xie, Danyang; Zou, Heng-fu; Davoodi, Hamid - China Economics and Management Academy, Central … - 1999
In a simple model of endogenous growth with spending by different levels of government, we demonstrate how fiscal decentralization affects the long-run growth rate of the economy. Applying the model to the U.S. economy, we find that the existing spending shares for state and local governments...