We measure the contribution of fiscal decentralization to trust in government. Using repeated cross-country survey data … model of the government trust and fiscal decentralization nexus. We control for unobserved country characteristics …, macroeconomic determinants, and individual characteristics. Our main finding is that fiscal decentralization increases trust in …

decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of … control variables and method of estimation. -- Terrorism ; decentralization ; federalism ; governance quality ; government …

decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of … control variables and method of estimation. -- terrorism ; decentralization ; federalism ; governance quality ; government …

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 …

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 …

decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of …

Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of … governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and government effectiveness. Unlike previous studies in the decentralization …/governance literature, which focus primarily on expenditure-based measures of decentralization, the results reported in this paper show that …

In this paper we offer a comprehensive and updated review of the impact of fiscal decentralization on the economy … decentralization: its proper measurement and the potential endogeneity of fiscal decentralization with many of the variables of … decentralization on a relevant list of socio-economic variables. The impact of fiscal decentralization reforms on political …

decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of …

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil … liberties in the Americas. The findings indicate that decentralization initially hampers but eventually enhances accountability … a more inclusive, participatory government. The impact of fiscal decentralization on economic freedom, however, runs …