We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where local institutions are salient. Specifically, the latter affects coordination costs and thereby cooperative behaviour across the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights...

This paper analyses the goals of local development and points out the main challenges for local government in the field of natural environment protection. Conducted research aims at: (1) identifying the natural environment programme goals in gmina A, (2) analysing the financial resources...

This paper presents a model based on simultaneous equations with statistical determined parameters for describing the evolution of important issues relating to local development. The main issues considered are public and private business development environment, employment, demography, social...