-transfers, which distorts the central-local distribution of resources. Applying the model to fiscal decentralization, we find when … decentralization widens local governments' fiscal gap, borrowings by both local and central governments rise. Quantitatively, fiscal … decentralization accounts for from 19 percent to 40 percent of changes in general government debt in Spain during 1988-2006. A …

Fiscal decentralization is on the rise worldwide while barriers to factor and population mobility are declining … this combination of decentralization and mobility may have on political and economic outcomes. As these trends have become … models and data has taken on particular importance. Complex general equilibrium models of fiscal decentralization ultimately …

rivalry in consumption of the publicly provided good. We identify three sources of welfare loss from decentralization … characteristics of the publicly provided good are an important determinant for the welfare costs of decentralization. …