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Citizen preferences and the architecture of government
Bourgeon, Jean-Marc; Breuillé, Marie-Laure - 2018
We consider a country whose government provides a bundle of goods and services through a multi-tier administrative organization. We compare the optimal architectures of public governance (i.e. the division of the state into several tiers, the distribution of services among them, their number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903798
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Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth : survey and meta-analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Schnellenbach, Jan - 2014
decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision … of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to … innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412862
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Beyond the centre : tracing decentralization’s influence on time-varying fiscal sustainability
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Jalles, João Tovar; … - 2024
This paper explores the nuanced relationship between fiscal decentralization and fiscal sustainability. Employing panel … data analyses, it scrutinizes how decentralization influences fiscal discipline across different governmental levels …. Results for 185 countries show that while tax decentralization often hampers the degree of fiscal responsiveness, potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014543839
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Do fiscal and political decentralization raise students' performance? : a cross-country analysis
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Meix-Llop, Enric - 2012
exists a tendency towards decentralization in many developed and developing countries. Using micro data from the Programme … political decentralization on student performance in the areas of mathematics, reading skills and science. We observe that … fiscal decentralization exerts an unequivocal positive effect on students' outcomes in all areas, while the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009569606
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Fiscal transfers and gerrymandering under decentralization in the Philippines
Capuno, Joseph J. - 2013
, fiscal grants systems under decentralization may also have result in the same. We investigate this issue to identify the … in the country's fiscal transfer program are suggested. -- Gerrymandering ; fiscal grants ; decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746991
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Local public finances and municipal reform in Finland
André, Christophe; García, Clara - 2014
Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public services. In recent years, their spending and debt has been increasing steadily, especially because of population ageing and increases in the cost of health care and social...
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Migration and tax yields in a devolved economy
Foreman-Peck, James S.; Zhou, Peng - 2016
Households may migrate between jurisdictions to secure preferred mixes of collectively sup-plied services and taxation. But devolution of taxes to sub-national jurisdictions could reduce expected tax revenue if some move to lower tax regimes, constraining devolved government policy. This paper...
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Regional inequality and decentralization : an empirical analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data … that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in general. However, estimations using an interaction variable … approach imply that the effect depends on the level of economic development. While rich countries benefit from decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295332
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Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2011
,000 observations of individuals living in 29 European countries. Our results reveal that political and fiscal decentralization have a … positive and significant effect on individuals' overall happiness. Fiscal decentralization also exerts a significant effect on … effect of political decentralization on these variables is more limited. The results show that citizens seem to be happier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238531
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Electoral Competition as a Determinant of Fiscal Decentralization
Jametti, Mario - 2011
Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes … of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model. We argue that the likeliness … support the relevance of political factors as determinants of fiscal decentralization. The relationship between central …
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