before decentralization was implemented, even when looking within different local development ranges. Based on the analysis …

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 …

pricipal component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining … different degrees. This study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization …. - Federalism ; decentralization ; fiscal federalism ; economic effects of constitutions ; constitutional economics …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues …-country 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 …