decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision … of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to … innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government …

decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision … of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to … innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government …

We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 … by using new panel data on sub-federal tax autonomy. While initial estimations suggest that fiscal decentralization … evidence for a negative relationship in a number of additional robustness checks. We thus conclude that fiscal decentralization …

) provides little evidence that budget constraints at the cantonal level affect municipal finances and fiscal decentralization …

setting in Switzerland to study the issue empirically. According to our findings tax decentralization tends to reduce … consider the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation as inequality decreasing effects of decentralization are …

evidence that budget constraints at the cantonal level affect average municipal finances and fiscal decentralization. …

on the ideal institutional setting of federalism in Switzerland. According to our findings, decentralization actually … the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation, since the inequality decreasing effect of fiscal … decentralization is counteracted by the interaction with jurisdictional fragmentation. Interestingly, it is not redistribution via …

line with the hypothesis that greater revenue decentralization (measured as sub-national governments' share of own source …