Enikolopov, Ruben; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - 2011
Does fiscal decentralization lead to more efficient governance, better public goods, and higher economic growth? This … paper tests Riker''s theory (1964) that the results of fiscal decentralization depend on the level of countries'' political … data. 1) Strength of national political parties significantly improves outcomes of fiscal decentralization such as economic …