partial decentralization. A capital poor median voter wants to use capital taxes to provide public goods. This results in …. Decentralization provides such a commitment: local governments avoid using capital taxes due to the pressure of tax competition. We … therefore obtain that the median voter favors a partial degree of decentralization. The equilibrium degree of decentralization …

regulations; states with this responsibility are referred to as "authorized'' or having "primacy.'' Although such decentralization …

of regulation and is perhaps the most significant decentralization in U.S. environmental policy. However, few studies … authorize to increase the stringency of regulation, which suggests that environmental decentralization would be beneficial …

Standard models of fiscal federalism suggest many benefits of decentralization in developing economies, and there has … been a recent push toward decentralization around the world. However, developing countries presently still have less … decentralization, particularly on the revenue side, than both developed countries today and the United States and Europe historically …

Decentralization has been put forward as a powerful tool to reduce poverty and improve governance in Africa. The aim of …. These spillovers impact the efficiency of decentralization. We develop a two-jurisdiction model of public expenditure, which …