This paper develops a simple theoretical framework to study a set of regions, each with its own regional government …, who share a union or central government. These governments must decide whether to implement or discard a large number of … are insensitive to externalities. The key observation here is that the union government is insensitive to local benefits …

We compared sharing economy development in 90 countries to demonstrate that higher qualities of government are … then hypothesized that an electorally competitive, depoliticized, and effective government may tilt the balance against the … was significantly greater in a country with a depoliticized bureaucracy and effective government. …