a world trend towards decentralization while the average government size has not changed …

This paper revisits the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth by addressing the endogeneity … argue are strong and consistent instruments for fiscal decentralization. Empirically, we find that indeed both instruments … expenditure or revenue shares—the conventional measures of decentralization—will increase GDP per capita growth by approximately 0 …

In this paper we offer a comprehensive and updated review of the impact of fiscal decentralization on the economy … decentralization: its proper measurement and the potential endogeneity of fiscal decentralization with many of the variables of … decentralization on a relevant list of socio-economic variables. The impact of fiscal decentralization reforms on political …

a world trend towards decentralization while the average government size has not changed …

This paper revisits the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth by addressing the endogeneity … argue are strong and consistent instruments for fiscal decentralization. Empirically, we find that indeed both instruments … expenditure or revenue shares - the conventional measures of decentralization - will increase GDP per capita growth by …

This paper reviews the current knowledge on an issue of increasing policy interest: what impact fiscal decentralization … has on economic growth. Fiscal decentralization may indeed have a direct impact on economic growth but the theoretical … decentralization and economic growth is that it remains an open question. Much less attention has been devoted in the literature to the …

"While there is extensive knowledge about how to design fiscal decentralization policies, considerably less is … understood about how a decentralization program should be sequenced and implemented. Countries embarking on decentralization … often struggle with decisions about the essential components of decentralization, including the order of an introduction of …