This article develops a conceptual, methodological, and theoretical framework for analyzing dynamic decentralization in … decentralization and describes the seven-point coding scheme we employed to measure it across twenty-two policy areas and five fiscal … decentralization and discusses its five main properties: direction, magnitude, tempo, form, and instruments. Drawing from several …

centralization that will be adopted, and that asymmetric forms of federalism are often consequences of ongoing negotiations between …

In the present Master Thesis, written at the University of Bonn, the relationship between fiscal decentralization and … 2005-2012 is gathered by the author. Using panel data analysis, it is shown that excessive expenditure decentralization … within a region, which is not accompanied by revenue decentralization, can have harmful consequences for regional economic …

necessarily constrained by the weakness of local tax administration. Tax decentralization and the decentralization of tax …

theorize that roll-call voting on such bills depends on grant programs' administrative centralization, party ties with … are co-partisans with presidents, while senators support decentralization regardless of such party ties. When House … with decentralization …

Does regional decentralization threaten the commitment to regional equality in government outcomes? We attempt to shed … health system decentralization: Italy and Spain. We estimate, decompose, and run counterfactual analysis of regional … health care decentralization in both countries. We find no evidence of increase in regional inequalities in outcomes and …

. With this the location or site of governance is changing. Thus the need is to situate the debate on decentralization in … context of globalization. It has been argued that 'how decentralization is designed' depends on 'why decentralization is being …

The fiscal decentralization impulse now sweeping the world often leads to partial decentralization, where subnational … arrangement, the literature contains no economic analysis of a partial decentralization regime in a Tiebout-style model. This …