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Creating conditions for effective public investment : sub-national capacities in a multi-level governance context
Mizell, Lee; Allain-Dupré, Dorothée - 2013
Growth and jobs are top concerns for policy makers confronting difficult economic conditions in many OECD countries. Sub-national governments are important contributors to national growth, but in many cases their economies are struggling as well. Faced with tight fiscal conditions, all levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767314
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Creating Conditions for Effective Public Investment: Sub-national Capacities in a Multi-level Governance Context
Mizell, Lee; Allain-Dupré, Dorothée - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013
Growth and jobs are top concerns for policy makers confronting difficult economic conditions in many OECD countries. Sub-national governments are important contributors to national growth, but in many cases their economies are struggling as well. Faced with tight fiscal conditions, all levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274594
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Governance of Public Policies in Decentralised Contexts : The Multi-level Approach
Charbit, Claire - 2011
for a specific decentralisation model, but to look at ways to improve capacity and coordination among public stakeholders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444296
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Are decentralized regions better ruled? : evidence using a dose-response approach in 171 European region : paper prepared for the ERSA 54th Congress, Saint Petersburg, Russia 26-29...
Cerulli, Giovanni; Filippetti, Andrea - 2014
The relationship between decentralization and the quality of governments is one of the core issues of decentralization … decentralization is that it will improve the accountability and responsiveness of government by altering its structure so as to … heterogeneity both in the quality of government as well as in the degree of decentralization. As for the former, variability within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499334
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Are Decentralized Regions Ruled Better? Evidence from European Regions Using a Dose-Response Approach
Filippetti, Andrea - 2015
decentralization on quality of governments. We find that the relationship between the level of decentralization and the quality of … decentralization is better' should therefore be disregarded. We also find evidence of horizontal competition, in that the quality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014457
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The Link between Devolution and Regional Disparities : Evidence from the Italian Regions
Calamai, Lapo - 2009
This paper investigates the relationship between devolution and regional disparities by looking at the case of Italy. By integrating the relevant quantitative and qualitative evidence, it attempts to answer two questions. Did the devolutionary process exert a positive influence on regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199879
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La Descentralización Fiscal en Argentina: Desafíos de política para los Gobiernos Subnacionales
Rezk, Ernesto - In: Revista de Economía y Estadística XLII (2004) 2, pp. 129-144
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691949
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Decentralization and the quality of local governments: Evidence in European regions with a dose-response approach
Filippetti, Andrea; Cerulli, Giovanni - 2014
The relationship between decentralization and the quality of governments is one of the core issues of decentralization … decentralization is that it will improve the accountability and responsiveness of government by altering its structure so as to … heterogeneity both in the quality of government as well as in the degree of decentralization. As for the former, variability within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400000
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You Get What You Pay For: How Nordic Cities Are Financed
Lotz, Jorgen - Institute of Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG), … - 2012
The Nordic countries are small, unitary, and have largely homogeneous populations. Municipalities are the most important agents in the decentralized public sector and the middle tier (the county level) is losing importance. The expenditure of Nordic local authorities exceeds that in Canada by 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555606
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Decentralization and the quality of local governments: Evidence in European regions with a dose-response approach
Filippetti, Andrea; Cerulli, Giovanni - European Regional Science Association - 2014
The relationship between decentralization and the quality of governments is one of the core issues of decentralization … decentralization is that it will improve the accountability and responsiveness of government by altering its structure so as to … heterogeneity both in the quality of government as well as in the degree of decentralization. As for the former, variability within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075976