probability is larger under centralization (decentralization) when the rents to office are low (high). Voter welfare under the two …

This paper integrates the distributive politics literature with the literature on decentralization by incorporating …. The efficiency of decentralization and the performance of 'constitutional rules' (such as majority voting) which may be … used to choose between decentralization and centralization are then discussed in this framework. Stronger externalities and …

Advocates of fiscal decentralization argue that amongst other benefits, it can increase the efficiency of delivery of … education expenditure decentralization and the productive efficiency of schools using a data-set of Swiss cantons. We first … provide careful evidence that expenditure decentralization is a powerful proxy for legal local autonomy. Further panel …

Advocates of fiscal decentralization argue that amongst other benefits, it can increase the efficiency of delivery of … expenditure decentralization and the productive efficiency of government using a data-set of Swiss cantons. We first provide … careful evidence that expenditure decentralization is a powerful proxy for legal local autonomy. Further panel regressions of …

This paper revisits the fiscal "decentralization theorem", by relaxing the role of the assumption that governments are …) centralization can welfare-dominate decentralization even if there are no externalities and regions are heterogenous ; (ii …) decentralization can welfare-dominate centralization even if there are positive externalities and regions are homogenous. The intuition …

This paper revisits the fiscal "decentralization theorem", by relaxing the role of the assumption that governments are …) centralization can welfare-dominate decentralization even if there are no externalities and regions are heterogenous; (ii …) decentralization can welfare-dominate centralization even if there are positive externalities and regions are homogenous. The intuition …

This paper studies the relationship between fiscal decentralization and electoral accountability, by analyzing how … decentralization impacts upon incentive and selection effects, and thus on voter welfare. The effect of fiscal centralization on voter …