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Citizen preferences and the architecture of government
Bourgeon, Jean-Marc; Breuillé, Marie-Laure - 2018
We consider a country whose government provides a bundle of goods and services through a multi-tier administrative organization. We compare the optimal architectures of public governance (i.e. the division of the state into several tiers, the distribution of services among them, their number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903798
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Beyond the centre : tracing decentralization’s influence on time-varying fiscal sustainability
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Jalles, João Tovar; … - 2024
This paper explores the nuanced relationship between fiscal decentralization and fiscal sustainability. Employing panel … data analyses, it scrutinizes how decentralization influences fiscal discipline across different governmental levels …. Results for 185 countries show that while tax decentralization often hampers the degree of fiscal responsiveness, potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014543839
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Citizen Preferences and the Architecture of Government
Bourgeon, Jean-Marc; Breuillé, Marie-Laure - 2018
We consider a country whose government provides a bundle of goods and services through a multi-tier administrative organization. We compare the optimal architectures of public governance (i.e. the division of the state into several tiers, the distribution of services among them, their number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931995
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The effect of decentralization on educational outcomes: real autonomy matters!
Salinas, Paula - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2014
This paper uses cross-national data to examine the effects of different dimensions of decentralization on the … expenditure and revenue sides of their activities, is what really matters in determining the effect of decentralization on … conducted, thus corroborating that they are not driven by the potential endogeneity of decentralization policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796115
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Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government. A Technical Note
Leonardo Letelier S.; Lozano, José Luis Sáez - In: Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA XXII (2013) 2, pp. 357-373
political economy aspects in explaining the degree of fiscal decentralization. It innovates in making explicit the benefits from … public goods (Scale Effect) resulting from decentralization. It takes advantage of previous literature in recognizing the … social cost benefit analysis of decentralization. Second, the aforementioned effects are put into the context of specific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823169
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The impact of economic openness on the vertical structure of the public sector
Sciala', Antonio; Liberati, Paolo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", … - 2008
public spending. Consequences on the degree of decentralization are investigated. The main findings are that for a large … decentralization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786723
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Fiscal transfers and gerrymandering under decentralization in the Philippines
Capuno, Joseph J. - 2013
, fiscal grants systems under decentralization may also have result in the same. We investigate this issue to identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333546
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Regional inequality and decentralization: An empirical analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data … that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in general. However, estimations using an interaction variable … approach imply that the effect depends on the level of economic development. While rich countries benefit from decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277396
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Beyond the Centre: Tracing Decentralization's Influence on Time-varying Fiscal Sustainability
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Jalles, João Tovar; … - 2024
This paper explores the nuanced relationship between fiscal decentralization and fiscal sustainability. Employing panel … data analyses, it scrutinizes how decentralization influences fiscal discipline across different governmental levels …. Results for 185 countries show that while tax decentralization often hampers the degree of fiscal responsiveness, potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014574299
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What differences can performance ratings make? Difference-in-difference estimates of impact on local government responsiveness in the Philippines
Capuno, Joseph J.; Garcia, Maria Melody S. - 2009
In many countries that have decentralized, improving the accountability of local officials is increasingly emphasized to make them more responsive to their constituents' needs. This paper provides evidence that the public announcement of performance ratings can induce local governments to become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285543