the nature of Argentine federalism when recent presidential administrations support conflicting conclusions about it … congress, implying that federalism is weak. Fernando De la Rúa (1999–2001) faced considerable provincial and congressional … opposition, implying that federalism is strong. To resolve this puzzle, I recast federalism in terms of its economic context. I …

designated as “Bayanihan Federalism”, has spurred vigorous debate, with much discussion focusing on the fiscal repercussions of …-sharing mechanisms of the Bayanihan Federalism draft, and the likely political acceptability levels of adopting them among existing local … trade-offs embedded in the revenue-sharing and functional assignment proposals of Bayanihan Federalism — especially when …

This paper examines centralization of fiscal policies during the financial and economic crisis, from 2007-2012. We use … set logic and QCA methodology to trace out configurations of conditions to explain events of centralization of fiscal … centralization it is necessary to take into consideration a combination of multiple factors. Following this logic, we find that a …