. We do this by focusing on a specific case, that of the National Health Service (NHS) IN Italy. We estimate redistribution …

Recent theories on fiscal decentralization support the view that sub-national governments who finance a larger share of …. In this paper we exploit a reform aimed at increasing regional tax autonomy in Italy to provide quasi …-experimental evidence on the impact of fiscal decentralization on health disparities between- and within-regions. Our findings, robust to a …

. We do this by focusing on a specific case, that of the National Health Service (NHS) in Italy. We estimate redistribution …

In contrast to principal-agency theory, the possibility of the political control of the bureaucracy depends on … bureaucratic structure. In this paper, I argue that the functional decentralization of responsibility and authority for policy … preferences, and the Regions' task environment. I find that decentralization insulated the NRC from national political oversight …