This paper provides a unique data set on local governance. This dataset measures government decisionmaking at the local … level, i.e. the level of government closest to the people. By contrast, the existing literature has focused on … "decentralization index" and are then adjusted for heterogeneity to develop a "government closeness index". …

Democracy is explained by giving the power to the government, with the consent of citizens, expressing their will … of democracy. Citizen participation is remarkable on two levels in the European government: one, as a citizen of European …

effect of government formation deadlock in Spain-2016 and find that SCM method overestimates the effect by 0.23 pp …

and size of government, but with rather mixed empirical results. Moreover, relations between state size and quality of … to the existing approaches, how budgetary and non-budgetary scope of government differentiates among smaller and larger … states in respect to the smaller size of government and quality of governance. Thus, although potential scale economies …

seen in elections and government programmes at the federal level, however, with very different emphasis. To analyse this … government programmes, and finally, the compromise in government formation. …

checks and balances within government is necessary for enforcing constitutional constraints because it divides power among … governmental institutions are necessary to constrain the government from abusing its power. …