pricipal component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining … different degrees. This study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization …. - Federalism ; decentralization ; fiscal federalism ; economic effects of constitutions ; constitutional economics …

component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining differences in (1 … study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization. -- federalism … ; decentralization ; fiscal federalism ; economic effects of constitutions ; constitutional economics …

We estimate the impact of fiscal decentralization on different indicators of pollution for more than 80 countries from … 1970 to 2000. Our cross country estimates show that fiscal decentralization increases pollution. However, higher quality of … institutions can limit the destructive environmental effects of decentralization. The empirical results confirm a strand of the …

Adding to the literature on the effects of government decentralization, this paper uses a large sample of individual … study the relative influences of different types of decentralization, including fiscal decentralization, administrative … decentralization, federalism, and aggregate decentralization. Our results show that fiscal and administrative decentralization are …

This article presents the conclusions of the project Why Centralization and Decentralization in Federations?, which … analyzed dynamic decentralization in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Switzerland, and the United States over their entire … life span. It highlights six main conclusions. First, dynamic decentralization is complex and multidimensional; it cannot …

This article develops a conceptual, methodological, and theoretical framework for analyzing dynamic decentralization in … decentralization and describes the seven-point coding scheme we employed to measure it across twenty-two policy areas and five fiscal … decentralization and discusses its five main properties: direction, magnitude, tempo, form, and instruments. Drawing from several …

This study examines long run and causal relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic development in … causality test showed a unidirectional causality run from economic development to fiscal decentralization i.e. economic … development granger causes fiscal decentralization (only sub-national revenue decentralization ratio) in Nigeria. By implication …

This paper attempts to identify the effect of fiscal decentralization on public sector efficiency (PSE). We employ data … alternative fiscal decentralization measures. Backed by strong empirical results, obtained from a number of different … specifications, we contend that PSE is increasing with fiscal decentralization …

principal component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining … degrees. This study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization …