Fiscal decentralization and governance

Y Altunbaş, J Thornton - Public Finance Review, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The literature on the economics of fiscal decentralization stresses the potential for both
positive and negative effects on governance in a country. Using a data set comprising sixty …

Fiscal decentralization and economic growth reconsidered

J Thornton - Journal of urban economics, 2007 - Elsevier
Recent studies examining the relation between fiscal decentralization and economic growth
have failed to take account of the extent of the independent taxing powers available to sub …

Beyond federalism: Estimating and explaining the territorial structure of government

L Hooghe, G Marks - Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2013 - academic.oup.com
This article suggests that the basic distinction between federal and unitary government has
limited as well as served our understanding of government. The notion that variation in the …

Fiscal consolidation and decentralisation: a tale of two tiers

J Darby, VA Muscatelli, G Roy - Fiscal Studies, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This paper contributes to the established literature on fiscal consolidations by investigating
the distinct behaviour of central and sub‐central tiers of government during general …

Understanding territorial inequalities in decentralised welfare systems: early childhood education and care system expansion in Croatia

I Dobrotić, T Matković - Public sector economics, 2023 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The decentralised provision of social services raises concerns about availability of
services in different geographical areas, particularly in low-and middleincome countries with …

Economics of devolution/decentralization in the UK: Some questions and answers

P Mcgregor, K Swales - Regional Studies, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
McGregor PG and Swales K.(2005) Economics of devolution/decentralization in the UK:
some questions and answers, Regional Studies 39, 477–494. The paper explores the …

[PDF][PDF] Fiscal decentralization: how to harden the budget constraint

M Bordignon - Fiscal Policy Surveillance in Europe, 2006 - academia.edu
The title of the present paper is somewhat misleading. I am not sure that there are general
solutions to the problem of the soft budget constraint in intergovernmental relationships, in …

[PDF][PDF] Bir mali yerelleşme deneyimi olarak İsveç

İA Acar, İ Kitapcı - Maliye Dergisi, 2009 - researchgate.net
Localization has been regarded as the one of the most important management and
governance models in recent studies. While this localization reduces the power of central …

Further evidence on revenue decentralization and inflation

J Thornton - Economics Letters, 2007 - Elsevier
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The (non) impact of revenue decentralization on fiscal deficits: some evidence from OECD countries

J Thornton - Applied Economics Letters, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Recent studies examining the relation between fiscal decentralization and consolidated
government fiscal balances generally have not taken proper account of the extent of the …