The advantages and disadvantages of public sector decentralization are widely discussed in economics and political … science. Some authors argue that decentralization leads to an optimal provision of public services and promotes economic … studies the impact of fiscal decentralization on regional disparities. We find that a higher degree of decentralization is …

The proponents of decentralization argue that it improves economic growth by increasing government efficiency and … accountability. However, the critics argue that decentralization increases regional inequality by increasing the differences in … impact of decentralization on regional convergence using first and second administrative regions data from a global sample of …

This research explores the effects of within-group heterogeneity on group-level productivity. It establishes that … detrimental effects of diversity on productivity. Moreover, the study demonstrates that variations in within- ethnic-group genetic …

might vary across regions depending on their productivity gap with the most productive region in their country. Our … hypothesis is that regional productivity growth is positively related to the productivity growth of the leading region within the … country and positively related to the productivity gap with the region that has the highest level of productivity in the …