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Centre and periphery in state management: channels of inter-influence
Leksin, V. - In: Public administration issues (2013) 4, pp. 59-74
The subject-matter of the article is an analysis of the causes and consequences of the attitude of the central bodies of government to the bodies of power in the periphery [to the subfederal and municipal ones, and of the sub-federal government bodies to the municipal bodies], which is not...
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How decentralization affects efficiency and effectiveness of public expenditures: review of execution of delegated powers
Dobrolyubova, E. - In: Public administration issues (2013) 4, pp. 99-112
federal authorities.The article is focused on the influence of decentralization policies on the efficiency and effectiveness …. Decentralization based on the delegation of powers has also resulted in new functions aimed at controlling the effectiveness of the … review of the efficiency and effectiveness of decentralization in each particularsector, with both the options of further …
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The Impact of Centralization, Corruption and Institutional Quality on Procurement Prices: An Application to Pharmaceutical Purchasing in Italy
Baldi, Simona; Vannoni, Davide - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2014
This paper deals with the open issue about the choice between a centralized versus a decentralized public procurement strategy. Using a unique dataset on tender prices of selected drugs for hospital usage awarded by a sample of 52 Italian local health service providers (ASLs) between 2009 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011162520
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The Long and Winding Road Towards Fiscal Decentralization
López, María Laura Alzúa y Carolina - In: Económica 60 (2014) January-December, pp. 3-43
This paper offers a theoretical explanation of the difficulties embodied in a process of fiscal decentralization from …-national governments' fiscal profligacy, may give rise to an incomplete level of fiscal decentralization. Two different sets of equilibria … falls in an inefficient level of fiscal decentralization, as measured in terms of revenue collection. …
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Does Decentralization Improve Agricultural Services Delivery? — Evidence from Karnataka
Kannan, Elumalai - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 26 (2013) 2
The study has analysed the impact of decentralization of governance structure on the delivery of agricultural public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167639
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Redistribution and the Nature of Altruism: Should Welfare Programs be Centralized or Decentralized?
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander - In: Economics of Governance 7 (2006) 2, pp. 133-142
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005391128
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Allocation of authority under central grants
Ogawa, Hikaru - In: Economics of Governance 2 (2001) 2, pp. 159-172
This study deals with an analysis of allocation of government authority between local and central governments. Using a relatively simple model, we examine three classes of issues: First, what type of public project is implemented under a (de)centralized system? Second, is the size of governments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005391134
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Poverty Reduction Using Self-Interested Intermediaries: Implications for the Design of Inter-Governmental Transfers
Jack, Billy - Georgetown University, Department of Economics - 2003
The paper studies the design of inter-governmental transfers when redistribution is effected through the public provision of a private good (education) by local government agents. The central government does not necessarily have the same preferences as the local agents regarding the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005396397
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Decentralization in the Russian Federation
Andreeva, Elena; Golovanova, Natalia - Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales (CAEI)
The decentralization that took place in the Russian Federation in the course of economic and political reforms of the … traveled along the decentralization road and which direction it will follow in the future. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005399218
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Decentralization of planning and administration in Zimbabwe : international perspectives and 1980s experiences
GASPER, D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1989
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