studies the impact of fiscal reforms on the policymaking process, particularly, decentralization and budgetary reforms in …

Does fiscal decentralization in a politically decentralized less developed country help strengthen democratic … institutions at the grass root level? And is the impact of such decentralization on local politics important in determining local … development? Our study on Indonesia suggests that fiscal decentralization enhanced free and fair local elections, though the …

This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and … estimate the labor mobility with a modified gravity equation. Given the institutional barriers, the fiscal decentralization has …

Does fiscal decentralization in a politically decentralized less developed country help strengthen democratic … institutions at the grass root level? And is the impact of such decentralization on local politics important in determining local … development? Our study on Indonesia suggests that fiscal decentralization enhanced free and fair local elections, though the …

Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes … of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model. We argue that the likeliness … support the relevance of political factors as determinants of fiscal decentralization. The relationship between central …

This paper models and empirically investigates underlying forces that promote governmental decentralization, or …. Decentralization is measured by both institutional indices indicating greater devolution of power to local governments and the share of … local governments in national government consumption. Empirically, the paper finds that decentralization changes in ways …

This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and … estimate the labor mobility with a modified gravity equation. Given the institutional barriers, the fiscal decentralization has …