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 …

spillover effects - as the case of environment protection spending - comparing decentralized and centralized system, when … spending and taxation decisions are made by nonbenevolent politicians. As in the recent so-called Second Generation Theory (SGT … particular, the convenience of having decentralization versus centralization changes with the degree of spillovers and the size …

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 …

coming from symmetric districts, our centralization dominates decentralization for any degree of spillovers. In other cases …

system a single representative is elected by a federal vote. It is shown that under decentralization, voters strategically … choice is biased towards decentralization. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000 …

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 …

from homogenous districts, our centralization dominates decentralization for any degree of spillovers. In other cases, it …