Standard models of fiscal federalism suggest many benefits of decentralization in developing economies, and there has been a recent push toward decentralization around the world. However, developing countries presently still have less decentralization, particularly on the revenue side, than both...

Standard models of fiscal federalism suggest many benefits of decentralization in developing economies, and there has been a recent push toward decentralization around the world. However, developing countries presently still have less decentralization, particularly on the revenue side, than both...

This paper documents cyclical patterns of government expenditures in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1970 and explains variation between countries and over time. Controlling for endogeneity and applying dynamic generalised method of moment (GMM) techniques, it finds that government expenditures are...

Cet article propose une extension originale de l'analyse par microsimulation des systèmes socio-fiscaux. Sur la base d'un modèle permettant d'intégrer dans un même cadre quatre prélèvements (TVA, cotisations sociales, CSG et impôt sur le revenu) et de techniques statistiques de bootstrap,...