This paper provides the first experimental evaluation of the participatory budgeting model showing that it increased public participation in the process of public decision making, increased local tax revenues collection, channeled larger fractions of public budgets to services stated as top...

This paper provides the first experimental evaluation of the participatory budgeting model showing that it increased public participation in the process of public decision making, increased local tax revenues collection, channeled larger fractions of public budgets to services stated as top...

Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public services. In recent years, their spending and debt has been increasing steadily, especially because of population ageing and increases in the cost of health care and social...

The economic growth and the pace of change in Vietnam over the last decade have been impressive. A number of the reform achievements were centred on reforms at central level, e.g. legal and regulatory frameworks, national policy frameworks etc. The number of provinces in Vietnam has grown 60%...

Since late 1980s China's urban land use began to change from administrative allocation to public land leasing. Compared to existing studies that focus more on the land market, this paper tries to provide another perspective on public land leasing that links urban institutions, land use, rent and...

Since late 1980s China's urban land use began to change from administrative allocation to public land leasing. Compared to existing studies that focus more on the land market, this paper tries to provide another perspective on public land leasing that links urban institutions, land use, rent and...