Drawing on a wide range of literature and ideas, a new “second-generation theory of fiscal
federalism” is emerging that provides new insights into the structure and working of federal …

This chapter critically reviews the literature which explains why and under which
circumstances governments accumulate more debt than it would be consistent with optimal …

The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of institutional quality on education
quality in developing countries. The literature review explores the channels through which …

Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or
presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions often fail to provide …

LS kk DECENTRALIZATION i 5 jn vogue. Both in the industrialized and in the developing
world, nations are turning to devolution to improve the performance of their public sectors. In …

The authors advance a new perspective in the study of federalism. Their approach views
federalism as a governance solution of the state to credibly preserving market incentives …

This research contributes to institutional theory by examining the influence of informal
institutions on formal institutions and the effects of formal institutions on inward foreign direct …

SCOTT AJ and STORPER M.(2003) Regions, globalization, development, Reg. Studies 37,
579–593. Regional economies are synergy-laden systems of physical and relational assets …

This paper takes a fresh look at the trade-off between centralized and decentralized
provision of local public goods. It argues that the sharing of the costs of local public …

How International Law Works presents a theory of international law, how it operates, and
why it works. Though appeals to international law have grown ever more central to …