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 …

incentives bring electoral consequences. Upon exploiting a natural experiment in Indonesia, the study found that the elected …

elections. We conclude that we can trust in fiscal decentralization and voting. Perhaps, it is a better option than fiscal …

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

This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the … predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two … decentralization is endogenous and depends on the relative political conditions prevailing at each level of government. Consistent with …

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 …

efficiency of local governments and to investigate the effects of tax decentralization, focusing on the role played by incumbent …