propose an approach aimed at exploring the aggregate effect of decentralization on corruption. In this context, we analyze the …) decentralisation is associated with lower corruption. However, we also find that constitutional decentralisation (federalism) is … empirical work may grossly overestimate de aggregate impact of decentralization and corruption. …

Does fiscal decentralization result in more efficient governance and higher economic growth? This Paper empirically … tests the hypothesis posed by theoretical literature that the effect of economic decentralization depends on features of the … political institutions. Using data from 95 countries for the last 25 years, we show that the effect of decentralization on …

decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of …

decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of …

decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of …

resist reforms, policies, rules and laws. China’s reform trajectories have been shaped by regional decentralization …

competitive federalism models such as that of the United States. The basic characteristics of the two European federations are …

governments and, thereby, enable a more precise characterization of local government behaviour in fiscal federalism. …

The “Decentralization Theorem” (Oates, 1972) is central to the discussion of fiscal federalism. We revisit the role of … consumption spillovers in evaluating the merits of (de)centralization. Unlike the general prediction, a higher degree of … spillovers may reduce the difference in utility of centralization and decentralization. The non-monotonicity result relates to …