In this paper we investigate the effects of fiscal decentralization on income inequality using a sample of 23 OECD … countries over the period 1971-2000. We utilize novel and robust measures of fiscal decentralization based on different degrees … fiscal decentralization - expenditure versus taxation - and the extent to which responsibility and decision powers are …

on fiscal decentralization suggesting that redistribution is most effectively carried out at sub-central levels of … that the decentralization of government expenditure can help achieve a more equal distribution of income. However, several … conditions need to be fulfilled: i) the government sector needs to be sufficiently large, ii) decentralization should be …

From the literature on decentralization, it appears that the fiscal vertical imbalance is somehow inherent to multi …

literature to examine the impacts of fiscal decentralization and fiscal equalization, both measured at the sub-provincial level …, on intra-provincial inequality in China. While fiscal decentralization offers significant advantages regarding public … line with our theoretical hypotheses, we find that while fiscal decentralization at the sub-provincial level in China leads …