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Decentralization and the quality of local governments: Evidence in European regions with a dose-response approach

Filippetti, Andrea; Cerulli, Giovanni - European Regional Science Association - 2014

The relationship between decentralization and the quality of governments is one of the core issues of decentralization … decentralization is that it will improve the accountability and responsiveness of government by altering its structure so as to … heterogeneity both in the quality of government as well as in the degree of decentralization. As for the former, variability within …

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Are decentralized regions better ruled? : evidence using a dose-response approach in 171 European region : paper prepared for the ERSA 54th Congress, Saint Petersburg, Russia 26-29 August 2014

Cerulli, Giovanni; Filippetti, Andrea - 2014

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Are Decentralized Regions Ruled Better? Evidence from European Regions Using a Dose-Response Approach

Filippetti, Andrea - 2015

decentralization on quality of governments. We find that the relationship between the level of decentralization and the quality of … decentralization is better' should therefore be disregarded. We also find evidence of horizontal competition, in that the quality of …

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Economics of devolution/decentralization in the UK: Some questions and answers

Mcgregor, Peter; Swales, Kim - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 477-494

McGregor P. G. and Swales K. (2005) Economics of devolution/decentralization in the UK: some questions and answers …, decentralization and delegation of decision-making and policy delivery initiated by the post-1997 UK Labour Government. It is argued …

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You Get What You Pay For: How Nordic Cities Are Financed

Lotz, Jorgen - Institute of Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG), … - 2012

The Nordic countries are small, unitary, and have largely homogeneous populations. Municipalities are the most important agents in the decentralized public sector and the middle tier (the county level) is losing importance. The expenditure of Nordic local authorities exceeds that in Canada by 10...

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The Link between Devolution and Regional Disparities : Evidence from the Italian Regions

Calamai, Lapo - 2009

This paper investigates the relationship between devolution and regional disparities by looking at the case of Italy. By integrating the relevant quantitative and qualitative evidence, it attempts to answer two questions. Did the devolutionary process exert a positive influence on regional...

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Creating conditions for effective public investment : sub-national capacities in a multi-level governance context

Mizell, Lee; Allain-Dupré, Dorothée - 2013

Growth and jobs are top concerns for policy makers confronting difficult economic conditions in many OECD countries. Sub-national governments are important contributors to national growth, but in many cases their economies are struggling as well. Faced with tight fiscal conditions, all levels of...

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Financing regional development and competitiveness : problems and challenges at macro and micro level in Bulgaria

Chubenova-Delisivkova, Tatjana - In: Revista română de economie 44 (2017) 1, pp. 45-77

The paper discusses the contemporary regional development of Bulgaria and regional financing by different national sources and European funds. The compliance with the EU requirements for attaining targeted results in specifically programmed priority areas is revealed as a driving force for...

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Are local public services better delivered in more autonomous regions? : evidence from European regions using a dose-response approach

Filippetti, Andrea; Cerulli, Giovanni - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 97 (2018) 3, pp. 801-826

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EXPERIENCES AND TENDENCIES TO DECENTRALIZE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ECONOMIC POLICY AT THE EUROPEAN UNION LEVEL

Anca, Dodescu - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2011) special, pp. 47-61

policy at the European Union level, is to identify the regional implications of the interconnection of decentralization … roles of the state from a regional perspective, the analysis, on one side, of the decentralization of economic policy …, the centralization/decentralization of regional capabilities at the European Union level. …

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