Most countries around the globe have one or two levels of regional or intermediate
government, yet we have little systematic idea of how much authority they wield, or how this …

Although it is theoretically expected that decentralization leads to efficient provision of local
public services and stimulates economic development, there is a mixed picture of the …

This article examines whether the efficiency gains accompanying fiscal decentralization
generate higher growth in more decentralized economies, applying pooled‐mean group …

This study analyzes the effect of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes in China using a
panel data set with nationwide county-level fiscal data. We find that more fiscally …

The field of public administration knows many concepts. By focusing on one such concept,
this research shows how definitions can be deceptive, and how typologies unable to capture …

This article is an original contribution to the understanding of the relationship between fiscal
decentralization and government size. Using a panel data set of the EU-15 countries, we …

In this article, updated approach to assess the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic
development is offered. The relationship between the proper level of fiscal decentralization …

Purpose The authors test the effect of expenditure decentralization and fiscal equalization
on short-and long-run economic growth and estimate two-step generalized method of …

There is a paucity of research analysing the influence of fiscal decentralisation on health
outcomes. Colombia is an interesting case study, as health expenditure there has been …

Though decentralization for past one and half decade or so has become the most favoured
policy priority among the policy makers yet the countries around the world differ dramatically …