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 …

centralization. The recent years have witnessed strong movements for both decentralization and secession. At the same time, a divided … economic and monetary union of some European countries. It is therefore natural that decentralization has been at the center of … particularly interesting because it explains the wave of decentralization that has followed the end of the Cold War. The model also …