Does fiscal decentralization in a politically decentralized less developed country help strengthen democratic … institutions at the grass root level? And is the impact of such decentralization on local politics important in determining local … development? Our study on Indonesia suggests that fiscal decentralization enhanced free and fair local elections, though the …

This paper examines how decentralization of administrative and fiscal authority affects the development of small cities … simple decentralization framework with heterogeneous regions. These findings suggest that decentralization might generate … policy makers to fully take into account regional heterogeneity in optimizing decentralization policy. …