Decentralization of provision of public services has been an important item in the agenda of developing countries …. While some scholars and practitioners argue that decentralization is associated with improvements in provision due to higher … accountability, others note its potential pitfalls. In particular, decentralization to local communities characterized by poverty …

We propose a theory of tax centralization and inter governmental grants in politico-economic equilibrium. The cost of … the local level. This renders the degree of tax centralization and the tax burden determinate even if none of the … traditional, expenditure-related motives for centralization considered in the fiscal federalism literature is present. If central …

We propose a theory of tax centralization and inter governmental grants in politico-economic equilibrium. The cost of … the local level. This renders the degree of tax centralization and the tax burden determinate even if none of the … traditional, expenditure-related motives for centralization considered in the fiscal federalism literature is present. If central …

We propose a theory of tax centralization in politico-economic equilibrium. Taxation has dynamic general equilibrium … spending and taxation and create a role for inter governmental grants. The model provides an explanation for the centralization …