Decentralization and local public goods: getting the incentives right

The paper addresses the nature and locus of appropriate government control in the provision of collective services. It suggests some useful principles for determining organizational structures with the appropriate degree and form of decentralization, which is seen to be an important part of incentive compatibility. In the case of low-income housing it cites the privatization of sites and services and devolution of upgrading as two promising models of decentralization.

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Year of publication:	1989-06
Authors:	Roumasset, James
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	decentralization \| incentive compatible \| devolution

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Philippine Review of Economics and Business 1.26(1989): pp. 1-13
Classification:	E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation ; H41 - Public Goods ; H76 - State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories ; J18 - Public Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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