There is a widespread belief that fiscal decentralization is an effective tool for increasing the efficiency of public … expenditures. Decentralization is expected to boost accountability and transparency in the provision of public goods for the well … for the period 1980 to 2012, the study found that expenditure decentralization exerted negative effect on human resource …

China's fast growth has been accompanied by rising regional inequality, triggering debate over a policy trade …-off between aggregate growth and equity. We set out a three-region model of China in which local government behavior affects local …

then applied to analyzing different growth experiences in the West and China by institutional and cultural differences. …