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This study is the first attempt to examine the determinants of expenditure decentralization at sub-provincial levels in … China. The Chinese central government gives detailed guidelines to local governments on public finance, but, ironically …, their expenditure assignment is far from being well-regulated. Differences in fiscal decentralization on the expenditure …

decentralization and the introduction of local direct elections increase inequalities between ethnic groups in villages. We conclude … decentralization and direct elections can have unintended consequences for ethnic relative deprivation and the efficient allocation of …

Gemeindetypen in Deutschland -- Dezentralisierung auf kommunaler Ebene -- Effizienzanalyse kommunaler Leistungen …Annette Illy entwickelt Bewertungsmaßstäbe zur Messung von Dezentralisierung auf kommunaler Ebene und untersucht mit … aufgelöst und in Einheitsgemeinden umgewandelt. Die Analysen ergeben keine eindeutigen Vor- oder Nachteile von Dezentralisierung …

setting in Switzerland to study the issue empirically. According to our findings tax decentralization tends to reduce … consider the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation as inequality decreasing effects of decentralization are …