decentralization and environmental public good, water quality in rivers at monitoring stations around the world. It examines pollution …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 …

This paper explores the empirical effects of decentralization on environmental quality by studying water pollution in … rivers around the world. It examines the level of pollution and variation in pollution across jurisdictions within a country …, supporting the traditional view that decentralization allows policies more tailored to local conditions. However, the analysis …

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

State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery. However, its effects on forest … conservation are ambiguous. Decentralization might not only improve local forest governance, but also change the incentives to …