regional authorities as a countervailing force, the present paper discusses another argument in favor of decentralization …

the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political decentralization as an institutional arrangement for rent-sharing and … decentralization. …

This paper surveys recent research on decentralization and natural disasters. The first part discusses results from …

situation, decentralization is the optimal form of full delegation given that selfish behavior is more important than …

We estimate the impact of fiscal decentralization on different indicators of pollution for more than 80 countries from … 1970 to 2000. Our cross country estimates show that fiscal decentralization increases pollution. However, higher quality of … institutions can limit the destructive environmental effects of decentralization. The empirical results confirm a strand of the …

This discussion paper looks at the Bolivian decentralization model. The objective of Bolivian decentralization is to … distribution of national income and improved administration of public resources. The legal framework of Bolivian decentralization … is established by two principled laws; firstly, the LPP, defines decentralization on the municipal level and represents a …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the … press into account. Our main finding is that decentralization counteracts corruption in countries with high degrees of press …

. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments financial assistance and decentralization work together. …

The advantages and disadvantages of public sector decentralization are widely discussed in economics and political … science. Some authors argue that decentralization leads to an optimal provision of public services and promotes economic … studies the impact of fiscal decentralization on regional disparities. We find that a higher degree of decentralization is …

, utilization patters in the public and private sector, and private health spending in the four years after decentralization. We …