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Callander, Steven; Harstad, Bård - 2015

We develop a model of policy experimentation in federal systems in which heterogeneous districts choose both whether to experiment and the policies to experiment with. The prospect of informational spillovers implies that in the fi rst best the districts converge in their policy choice....

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Decentralization of firms in a country with weak institutions : evidence from Russia

Levina, Irina - 2018

Can decentralization of firms be successful in an environment with weak institutions? Decentralization can do a great …-making and enhancing motivation of employees. However, decentralization is associated with a substantial increase in agency risk … real decentralization for firms that decentralize decision-making to competitively hired professionals and cautious …

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Distributional effects of intergovernmental transfers in Mexico

Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Cadena, Kiyomi; Moreno … - 2020

A rigorous understanding of the developmental effect of fiscal transfers to subnational governments remains an important policy research issue globally. This paper exploits a novel dataset of 20 years of municipal poverty maps and local public finances to study the effects on local welfare of a...

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Subnational government budgets and resource revenues in Indonesia : indications of resource blessings?

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Fiscal decentralization and health service delivery : an assessment

Cuenca, Janet S. - 2020

decentralization indeed improves health service delivery in the Philippines. There is lack of studies that employ rigorous quantitative …-based/informed policymaking. In particular, the study proposes an analytical framework that examines the effects of fiscal decentralization on …/degree of fiscal decentralization affecting the health sector. Such endeavor is the first ever attempt to measure the extent …

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