In this paper we investigate the effects of fiscal decentralization on income inequality using a sample of 23 OECD … countries over the period 1971-2000. We utilize novel and robust measures of fiscal decentralization based on different degrees … fiscal decentralization - expenditure versus taxation - and the extent to which responsibility and decision powers are …

on fiscal decentralization suggesting that redistribution is most effectively carried out at sub-central levels of … that the decentralization of government expenditure can help achieve a more equal distribution of income. However, several … conditions need to be fulfilled: i) the government sector needs to be sufficiently large, ii) decentralization should be …

The paper tries to shed some light on the problems of centralization and decentralization within an economic union and … the federal member states. Integration and decentralization are not opposite policy strategies but both meaningful if the …

decentralization in OECD countries. Based on a theoretical framework, the empirical panel analysis relates the degree of public sector … decentralization to economic and European integration, controlling for inter-regional heterogeneity, economies of scale, and …

The paper tries to shed some light on the problems of centralization and decentralization within an economic union and … the federal member states. Integration and decentralization are not opposite policy strategies but both meaningful if the …