decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision … of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to … innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government …

This paper explores the nuanced relationship between fiscal decentralization and fiscal sustainability. Employing panel … data analyses, it scrutinizes how decentralization influences fiscal discipline across different governmental levels …. Results for 185 countries show that while tax decentralization often hampers the degree of fiscal responsiveness, potentially …

This paper uses cross-national data to examine the effects of different dimensions of decentralization on the … expenditure and revenue sides of their activities, is what really matters in determining the effect of decentralization on … conducted, thus corroborating that they are not driven by the potential endogeneity of decentralization policies. …

political economy aspects in explaining the degree of fiscal decentralization. It innovates in making explicit the benefits from … public goods (Scale Effect) resulting from decentralization. It takes advantage of previous literature in recognizing the … social cost benefit analysis of decentralization. Second, the aforementioned effects are put into the context of specific …

public spending. Consequences on the degree of decentralization are investigated. The main findings are that for a large … decentralization. …

, fiscal grants systems under decentralization may also have result in the same. We investigate this issue to identify the … in the country's fiscal transfer program are suggested. -- Gerrymandering ; fiscal grants ; decentralization …