This study examines the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth
in the case of India using panel data for 14 non-specialized states for the period 1981–2014 …

This paper offers a comprehensive and updated review of the effects of intergovernmental
grants. We focus on the main findings in the existing literature on the effects of …

This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between
2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come about, and what this …

Background After revenue-sharing system reform, the proportion of tax refund in fiscal
transfer payments continued to decline, and the proportion of categorical grant and condition …

This paper investigates the impact of multidimensional elements of decentralisation,
intergovernmental grants and centre–state polity on economic growth, employing both …

In the context of a perceptible rise in the share of sub-national debt in India's total public
debt, and the predominant role of GST as a revenue source for the state, this study attempts …

Central government financial transfers and states' own tax revenue is interlinked as the
transfer policies may encourage or discourage the own tax effort of the states. This paper …

This article analyses the relative role of state's own revenues, tax and non-tax, central
transfers, and borrowing in determining state expenditures. We have examined the …

Getting subnational governments to behave in a fiscally responsible manner is a challenge
in federations. Fiscal Responsibility Legislation (FRL), which binds subnational …

This paper investigates the relationship between public capital expenditure and public debt
in the European Union (EU), relying on a panel of fifteen countries over the sample period …