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decentralization have a positive and significant effect on the overall subjective well-being of individuals. However, fiscal … decentralization has a different effect on the perception of institutions depending on whether we consider subnational expenditure or … revenues. Similarly, the effect of political decentralization on the level of satisfaction with institutions also varies …
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stability and sustainability at both the central and local government levels. Based upon the evidence on the decentralization …
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Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations reform have become nearly ubiquitous in developing …
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Households may migrate between jurisdictions to secure preferred mixes of collectively sup-plied services and taxation. But devolution of taxes to sub-national jurisdictions could reduce expected tax revenue if some move to lower tax regimes, constraining devolved government policy. This paper...
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Since 1975, Viet Nam has gradually decentralized more fiscal responsibilities to local authorities. This study has two objectives: (i) to take stock of the current institutional framework for intergovernmental fiscal relations in Viet Nam, and (ii) to empirically assess the debt sustainability...
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This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data … that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in general. However, estimations using an interaction variable … approach imply that the effect depends on the level of economic development. While rich countries benefit from decentralization …
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,000 observations of individuals living in 29 European countries. Our results reveal that political and fiscal decentralization have a … positive and significant effect on individuals' overall happiness. Fiscal decentralization also exerts a significant effect on … effect of political decentralization on these variables is more limited. The results show that citizens seem to be happier …
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evidence that budget constraints at the cantonal level affect average municipal finances and fiscal decentralization. …
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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 …
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decentralization. Also, a number of theoretic simulation models have been built and analyzed that describe the interactions arising …
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