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a model where corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time, decentralization makes it …
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Centralization of public procurement can lower prices for the government's direct purchase of goods and services. This …
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the contrasting forces of centralization and decentralization. The paper offers the insight to the policymakersthat while …
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present time has to be federally flexible and dynamically decentralised and institutions of fiscal federalism are crucial for …
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. We show that corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time. However, centralization … makes more difficult for citizens to detect corrupt incumbents. Thus, corruption is easier under centralization for low … levels of political competition. We show that the relative advantage of centralization depends negatively on the quality of …
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. We show that corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time. However, centralization … makes more difficult for citizens to detect corrupt incumbents. Thus, corruption is easier under centralization for low … levels of political competition. We show that the relative advantage of centralization depends negatively on the quality of …
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The uncontrolled centralization of competences on the European level is problematic insofar as it does not correspond … and balances between different institutions, and the constitutional courts are not sufficient. Sunset competences, opting …
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. We show that corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time. However, centralization … makes more difficult for citizens to detect corrupt incumbents. Thus, corruption is easier under centralization for low … levels of political competition. We show that the relative advantage of centralization depends negatively on the quality of …
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Decentralized government lead to inter-regional externalities. Whereas an integratedjurisdiction solves the externality problem, centralized government entails other costs - in particular a neglect for minority interests. The paper models formally the trade-off between these two forces in...
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The paper explores the implications for explaining the endogenous formation of jurisdictions of modelling the political process as a costly fight to acquire shares of the GNP pie. It is shown, in particular, that a system of federalism is especially significant in ameliorating distributional...
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