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

evidence that budget constraints at the cantonal level affect average municipal finances and fiscal decentralization. …

development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and …, unlike in many developing and transition countries, the decentralization program in Indonesia has not caused major political … or economic problems. However, the decentralization program was ill prepared and not carried out in a logical order for …

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 …