elderly, using panel data on Swedish municipalities over 1996-2005. The high degree of decentralization in the organization of …

elderly, using panel data on Swedish municipalities over 1996-2005. The high degree of decentralization in the organization of …

This paper analyzes the relationships between the degree of decentralization of public policy and the emergence of … a mechanism of 'yardstick competition' is increasing with the degree of policy decentralization. From an empirical …

This paper explores the nuanced relationship between fiscal decentralization and fiscal sustainability. Employing panel … data analyses, it scrutinizes how decentralization influences fiscal discipline across different governmental levels …. Results for 185 countries show that while tax decentralization often hampers the degree of fiscal responsiveness, potentially …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the … press into account. Our main finding is that decentralization counteracts corruption in countries with high degrees of press …

The advantages and disadvantages of public sector decentralization are widely discussed in economics and political … science. Some authors argue that decentralization leads to an optimal provision of public services and promotes economic … studies the impact of fiscal decentralization on regional disparities. We find that a higher degree of decentralization is …

) provides little evidence that budget constraints at the cantonal level affect municipal finances and fiscal decentralization …