Does decentralization exacerbate Chinese corruption? This study uses unique quasi-experiments of “province-managing-county” and “county-power-expansion” reforms in China from 2003 to 2015 to investigate this question. Improving the measures of corruption, decentralization, and...

Does decentralization exacerbate Chinese corruption? This study uses unique quasi-experiments of “province-managing-county” and “county-power-expansion” reforms in China from 2003 to 2015 to investigate this question. Improving the measures of corruption, decentralization, and...

Two key recent events pushed forward the country's decentralization agenda. In 2019, the Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court ("Mandanas") ruling increased the tax base for intergovernmental fiscal transfers in support of local governments' autonomy and revenue-raising capacity. In 2021, Executive...

This article analyzes the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the growth rate of per capita public spending by subnational governments in Ecuador. A theoretical model is proposed to support the empirical strategy. Data at provincial level over the period 2001–2015 are used. The...

In this paper, we explore the effects of India's federal structure on state-level fiscal responsibility. Drawing from a 1991-2018 dataset, we argue that higher levels of transfer and borrowing dependence (soft budget constraints) from the central government facilitate lower levels of fiscal...

This study's purpose is to assess fiscal federalism's effect on public service provision in Ethiopia. The study adopted an explanatory research design. Considering 10 Sub-National Governments (SNGs) from 2005 to 2018, it employed Partial Least Square Structural Model (PLS-SEM). It also utilized...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of fiscal decentralization on Ethiopia's regional (Sub-national) macroeconomic stability. The study followed a causational research design employing data from 2005-to 2018. The units of analysis in the study are sub-national governments (SNGs). The...