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 …

This paper studies the effects of various forms of government decentralization on institutional quality across … decentralization (i.e., virtual, physical, and fiscal), the econometric results show virtual decentralization to be the most effective …

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 …

We measure the contribution of fiscal decentralization to trust in government. Using repeated cross-country survey data … model of the government trust and fiscal decentralization nexus. We control for unobserved country characteristics …, macroeconomic determinants, and individual characteristics. Our main finding is that fiscal decentralization increases trust in …

This study analyses a possible reason behind the ambiguous relationship between fiscal decentralization and government …, thereby increasing the level of aggregate government spending through fiscal decentralization. It is tested by employing a … comes into the picture, it dilutes the negative association, which is suggestive of the fact that fiscal decentralization …

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 …

decentralization in 2001 using a two-stage approach. First, extensive input and output data are utilized to measure government … decentralization and the first-stage productivity scores is analyzed using a Tobit model. This study provides extensive and … decentralization is found to promote government expenditure efficiency. Tax revenue collected by regional governments will support …

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 …