the federal and state governments with such voluntary decentralization. The model suggests that the federal government may …

Many arguments about decentralization in public goods provision have testable implications for the relationship between … decentralization and the level and spatial variability of public goods. This paper explores the empirical relationship between … decentralization and environmental public good, water quality in rivers at monitoring stations around the world. It examines pollution …

simple model of the interaction between the federal and state governments in such a scheme of partial decentralization. Our …

between the federal and state governments in such a scheme of partial decentralization. Our model suggests that the …

This paper explores the empirical effects of decentralization on environmental quality by studying water pollution in …, supporting the traditional view that decentralization allows policies more tailored to local conditions. However, the analysis …

of regulation and is perhaps the most significant decentralization in U.S. environmental policy. However, few studies … authorize to increase the stringency of regulation, which suggests that environmental decentralization would be beneficial …