This paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on overall fiscal performance in the European Union, taking into … account fiscal institutional arrangements. We find that spending decentralization has been associated with sizably better …

There is a widespread presumption that decentralization improves public service provision. This has led to policy …

The purpose of this paper is to assess whether expenditure decentralization has contributed to weakening fiscal … following questions: (1) does the form of spending decentralization affect the general government fiscal balance?; (2) is there … results indicate that current decentralization models may have some shortcomings and efforts to achieve fiscal consolidation …

The question of what makes fiscal decentralization work is faced by many policymakers around the world. This book draws …, and discusses the key factors that help make decentralization sustainable, efficient, and equitable from a macroeconomic …

In many countries the decentralization of spending responsibilities has outpaced the decentralization of revenue powers …

There is increasing interest in fiscal decentralization in Peru as a mechanism to generate more involved decision … decentralization process with greater transparency. …