The empirical evidence on the relationship between political decentralization and corruption is far from clear. We … develope a model that analizes the relationship between decentralization and corruption and show how cost–benefit calculations …. Decentralization, on the other hand, is more efficient where there exists heterogeneity across jurisdictions. In this scenario, the …

Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting … important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component … evidence that it is important to distinguish between federalism and decentralization, if one is interested in ascertaining …

Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting … important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component … evidence that it is important to distinguish between federalism and decentralization, if one is interested in ascertaining …

explaining variation in the degree of decentralization across countries. Within a two-sided incomplete information principal …-agent framework, it analyzes two alternative policy-decision schemes — ‘decentralization’ and ‘centralization’ — when ‘knowledge … government levels. It is shown that, depending on which level of policy decision making controls the degree of decentralization …

By studying the interaction between social capital and decentralization, we show that political decentralization can be … capital display their effect on the economy mainly through the functioning of local institutions, decentralization enhances …

. With this the location or site of governance is changing. Thus the need is to situate the debate on decentralization in … context of globalization. It has been argued that 'how decentralization is designed' depends on 'why decentralization is being …

The most important theoretical argument concerning decentralization is that it can improve governance by making … decentralization affects governance, in particular how it might increase political competition, improve public accountability, reduce …