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In the last decade, counties of Aceh Province was transformed into twenty three counties from ten. This transformation implies to differencing on economic growth these counties between before and after transformation. finding out the conditional convergence economic growth when spatial effect is...
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census data. The results offer support to the identification strategy proposed. -- spatial decentralization, program … evaluation, instrumental variables, Indonesia …
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This paper proposes a novel instrumental variable method for program evaluation that only requires a single cross-section of data on the spatial intensity of programs and outcomes. The instruments are derived from a simple theoretical model of government decision-making in which governments are...
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We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where local institutions condition cooperative behaviour across ethnic groups. The theory we develop highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour them...
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This research examines regional government performance in Indonesia's provinces after the implementation of fiscal … decentralization in 2001 using a two-stage approach. First, extensive input and output data are utilized to measure government … decentralization and the first-stage productivity scores is analyzed using a Tobit model. This study provides extensive and …
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We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where local institutions are salient. Specifically, the latter affects coordination costs and thereby cooperative behaviour across the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights...
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