over 1984-2000 and find support for our predictions. -- Political competition ; growth ; redistribution ; national and …

In this paper, I examine the impact of fiscal decentralization on state-level economic growth in India. There is little … growth. My results suggest that, while both expenditure and revenue decentralization strongly impact economic growth … decentralization lend support to a non-uniform impact of fiscal decentralization on growth across states in India. These findings call …

Nigeria has been a federation before 1963. This was expected to foster speedy growth and development, but military … terms of its impact on economic growth, so as to uphold or refute the claims of the defects in the present status quo. Time … actually foster economic growth, but this growth may have been inhibited by corruption, ineffective leadership, unconducive …

We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 … causes lower growth rates, we find that this result is not robust to alternative specifications. We also fail to obtain … is unrelated to economic growth. …

We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 … causes lower growth rates, we find that this result is not robust to alternative specifications. We also fail to obtain … is unrelated to economic growth. -- fiscal federalism ; sub-national fiscal autonomy ; tax competition …

We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 … causes lower growth rates, we find that this result is not robust to alternative specifications. We also fail to obtain … is unrelated to economic growth …

security contributions combined with rising state regulatory activities are the driving forces for the growth and size of the … shadow economy. If the shadow economy increases by one percent the annual growth rate of the ?official? GDP of a developing …