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Fiscal federalism, decentralization and economic growth : survey and meta-analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Schnellenbach, Jan - 2014
decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision … of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to … innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government …
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The Incentive Role of Creating "Cities" in China
Li, Lixing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper examines a distinctive mechanism of providing incentives to local governments – upgrading counties to "cities". In China, awarding city status to existing counties is the dominant way of creating new urban administrative units, during which the local government gets many benefits....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835975
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Fiscal decentralisation and economic growth in Vietnam
Nguyen, Lan Phi; Anwar, Sajid - In: Journal of the Asia Pacific economy 16 (2011) 1, pp. 3-14
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The fiscal decentralisation and economic growth nexus revisited
Ligthart, Jenny E.; Oudheusden, Peter van - In: Fiscal studies : the journal of the Institute for … 38 (2017) 1, pp. 141-171
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Unfunded mandates and the economic impact of decentralisation : when finance does not follow function
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Vidal-Bover, Miquel - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013411728
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Unfunded mandates and the economic impact of decentralisation : when finance does not follow function
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Vidal-Bover, MIquel - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414440
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Depressing dependence? : transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah - 2016
Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions. Since these transfers are often paid with the aim of achieving regional convergence, they should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development by...
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Depressing dependence? : transfers and economic growth in the German States, 1975-2005
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah - 2017
Most countries pay substantial intergovernmental transfers to poor regions with the aim of achieving regional convergence. Consequently, transfers should have a positive effect on economic growth. However, it is equally possible that transfers perpetuate under-development. This paper studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595444
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Fiscal federalism and economic performance new evidence from Switzerland
Burret, Heiko Tobias; Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, … - 2018
The link between federalism and economic performance is still ambiguous. Aiming at clarification, we improve on a widespread shortcoming by measuring federalism not just by one variable but by various institutions that constitute it. To this end, Switzerland provides for a laboratory as its 26...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903827
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Is fiscal decentralization harmful for economic growth? : evidence from the OECD countries
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Ezcurra, Roberto - 2010
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