-buying action. The paper tests the argument by using Indonesia local election and grants spending data from 2008 to 2013. Through …

Many countries have adopted decentralization policies in order to strengthen democratic governance. Nevertheless …, empirical literature on whether decentralization actually strengthens democratic governance is relatively limited when compared … to empirical literature on the impact of decentralization on a wide array of fiscal or economic variables. Therefore …

grant design and local democratization reforms in the context of Indonesia's political system. The country is a young … decentralized fiscal system. These features are not unique to Indonesia and characterize a number of developing countries; however …