Abstract VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, AND FDI Both in the developed and developing world,
decentralization of fiscal policy is frequently argued to foster investment, because allowing …

Scholars of urban law and policy tend to assume that local officials can exert some influence
over city well-being. More specifically, the literature assumes that government policies …

Whereas numerous studies have evaluated the effects of public research and development
(R&D) support programs and R&D tax incentives on private R&D, little is known about local …

The objective of this research paper is to study the simultaneous relationship between fiscal
decentralization, corruption, and income inequality among Vietnamese provinces. We use a …

Natural resource abundance is a blessing for some countries, but a curse for others. We
show that differences across countries in the degree of fiscal decentralization can contribute …

The distinct characteristic in James Buchanan's thinking about federalism in contrast to the
traditional theory of fiscal federalism is his view about fiscal competition. In this paper, it is …

Strong institutions and accountable governments are imperative for any country's long-term
prosperity. Yet the development of such institutions has presented a continuous challenge …

In this paper, we provide systematic evidence of how historical religious institutions affect the
rule of law. In a difference-in-differences framework, we show that districts in Pakistan where …