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Dezentralisierung 3,723 Decentralization 3,722 Finanzbeziehungen 505 Fiscal relations 505 Theorie 358 Theory 358 Deutschland 304 Germany 298 Regionalpolitik 267 Regional policy 261 Finanzausgleich 231 Intergovernmental transfers 228 Regionalentwicklung 225 Regional development 217 Föderalismus 205 Federalism 204 EU countries 183 EU-Staaten 183 China 176 Welt 176 World 176 India 144 Indien 142 USA 132 Dezentralisation 131 United States 131 Entwicklungsländer 127 Spanien 126 Spain 125 Developing countries 122 Frankreich 117 France 116 Gemeindefinanzen 109 Local government finance 109 Globalisierung 106 Kommunalverwaltung 106 Local government 106 Globalization 104 Lateinamerika 104 Wirtschaftswachstum 103
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Article in journal 1,480 Aufsatz in Zeitschriften 1,480 Graue Literatur 1,082 Non-commercial literature 1,082 Working Paper 639 Arbeitspapier 635 Article in book 596 Aufsatz im Buch 596 Collection of articles of several authors 352 Sammelwerk 352 Dissertation 143 Thesis 143 Hochschulschrift 114 Congress report 112 Kongressschrift 112 Amtsdruckschrift 107 Government document 107 Bibliographie enthalten 53 Bibliography included 53 Kongress 48 Aufsatzsammlung 35 Case study 31 Fallstudie 31 Mehrbändiges Werk 14 Multi-volume publication 14 Collection of articles written by one author 12 Sammlung 12 Survey 12 Übersichtsarbeit 12 Advisory report 10 Gutachten 10 Bibliographie 5 Elektronischer Datenträger 3 Interview 3 Reprint 3 Commentary 2 Festschrift 2 Kommentar 2 Konferenzschrift 2 Mikroform 2
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Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge 27 Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés 22 Lockwood, Ben 20 Lessmann, Christian 17 Ahmad, Ehtisham 16 Bardhan, Pranab K. 15 Dreher, Axel 15 Boisier, Sergio 14 Markwardt, Gunther 14 Mookherjee, Dilip 14 Faguet, Jean-Paul 13 Brosio, Giorgio 12 Haldenwang, Christian von 12 Costa-i-Font, Joan 11 Capuno, Joseph J. 10 Epstein, Gil S. 10 Ezcurra, Roberto 10 Fischer, Justina A. V. 10 Gang, Ira N. 10 Bird, Richard M. 9 Qian, Yingyi 9 Shah, Anwar 9 Tomlinson, Richard 9 Yılmaz, Serdar 9 Bodman, Philip M. 8 Jütting, Johannes P. 8 Voelzkow, Helmut 8 Weingast, Barry R. 8 Addleson, Mark S. 7 Baskaran, Thushyanthan 7 Bryson, Phillip J. 7 Cornia, Gary C. 7 Diaz-Serrano, Luis 7 Feld, Lars P. 7 Singh, Nirvikar 7 Smoke, Paul J. 7 Tosun, Mehmet Serkan 7 Berthold, Norbert 6 Castells, Antoni 6 Eller, Markus 6
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Weltbank 21 Regional Project on Fiscal Decentralization 9 Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative <Budapest> 6 Inter-American Development Bank 5 Europäischer Ausschuss der Regionen 4 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 4 OECD 4 Overseas Development Institute 4 Vereinte Nationen / Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 4 Centre for Regional Development 3 Frankreich / Délégation à l'Aménagement du Territoire et à l'Action Régionale 3 London School of Economics and Political Science 3 OECD / Development Centre 3 UNDP 3 Andrew Young School of Policy Studies / International Studies Program 2 Asian Development Bank Institute 2 Colegio de México 2 Círculo de Empresarios 2 Deutscher Verband für Angewandte Geographie 2 Europäische Kommission 2 Frankreich 2 Frankreich / Commissariat Général du Plan 2 Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo 2 Fundação do Desenvolvimento Administrativo 2 Harvard Institute for International Development 2 Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA) 2 International Institute for Public Administration 2 Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 2 Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences 2 Portugal / Comissão de Apoio à Reestruturação do Equipamento e da Administração do Território 2 Spanien / Dirección General de Coordinación con las Haciendas Territoriales 2 Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE 2 Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines <London> 2 Venezuela / Comisión Presidencial para la Reforma del Estado 2 Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen 2 Weltbank / Policy Research Department / Public Economics Division 2 World Institute for Development Economics Research 2 Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung / Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Hessen-Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland 1 Alfred-Müller-Armack-Symposion <7, 2000, Gliwice> 1 Aragón / Departamento de Economía y Hacienda 1
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Policy research working paper : WPS 44 CESifo working papers 40 World development : the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development 35 Working paper 27 Discussion paper series 25 Journal of public economics 24 Regional studies 23 Managing decentralisation : a new role for labour market policy 21 Local public finance in Central and Eastern Europe 20 Discussion paper / Centre for Economic Policy Research 19 Working paper / International Studies Program, Georgia State University 19 Economics letters 15 Public choice 15 EURE : revista latinoamericana de estudios urbano regionales 14 Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 14 Decentralization in Asia and Latin America : towards a comparative interdisciplinary perspective 13 Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? 13 Journal of development economics 12 Journal of public economic theory 12 Revue d'économie régionale & urbaine : RERU 12 The Pakistan development review : PDR 12 The journal of development studies : JDS 12 Economics of governance 11 Governing Africa's forests in a globalized world 11 Working paper / World Institute for Development Economics Research 11 CEPAL review 10 European journal of political economy 10 Nord-Süd aktuell : Vierteljahreszeitschr. für Nord-Süd u. Süd-Süd-Entwicklungen 10 Regional development dialogue : RDD : an international journal focusing on Third World development problems 10 Revista interamericana de planificación 10 Serie Política fiscal 10 Decentralization in healthcare : analyses and experiences in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s 9 Discussion paper 9 Discussion paper / University of the Philippines, School of Economics 9 EUI working paper 9 Environment & planning : international journal of urban and regional research 9 Federalism and economic reform : international perspectives 9 Hitotsubashi journal of economics 9 Journal of urban economics 9 Public budgeting & finance 9
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ECONIS (ZBW) 3,725 RePEc 11 EconStor 4
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Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India
Kumar, Santosh; Prakash, Nishith - 2017
In this paper, we investigate the impacts of political decentralization and women reservation in local governance on institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a significant positive association between...
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Can Regional Decentralisation Shift Health Care Preferences?
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2017
Uniform health care delivered by a mainstream public insurer - such as the National Health Service (NHS), seldom satisfies heterogeneous demands for care, and some unsatisfied share of the population either use private health care, or purchase private insurance (PHI). One potential mechanism to...
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Can Regional Decentralisation Shift Health Care Preferences?
Costa-Font, Joan; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2017
Uniform health care delivered by a mainstream public insurer – such as the National Health Service (NHS), seldom satisfies heterogeneous demands for care, and some unsatisfied share of the population either use private health care, or purchase private insurance (PHI). One potential mechanism...
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Decentralisation in Togo : the contribution of ICT-based participatory development approaches to strengthening local governance
Breuer, Anita; Blomenkemper, Laura; Kliesch, Stefan; … - 2017
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Spatial dimensions of expenditure inequality in a decentralizing Indonesia
Akita, Takahiro; Miyata, Sachiko - 2017
This study analyzes spatial dimensions of inequality under decentralization in Indonesia from 1996-2010 using the hierarchical decomposition method. It uses household expenditures rather than regional accounts and tries to investigate the contributions of spatial inequalities to overall...
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A blockchain application in energy
Hukkinen, Taneli; Mattila, Juri; Ilomäki, Juuso; … - 2017
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Decentralization and efficiency of subsidy targeting : evidence from chiefs in rural Malawi
Basurto, Pia M.; Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan - 2017
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The agricultural extension system in Ethiopia : operational setup, challenges and opportunities
Leta, Gerba; Girma Kelboro; Stellmacher, Till; … - 2017
Since the 1960s, Ethiopia has been inducing changes in its approaches to agricultural extension through reforms. In 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources adopted a Participatory Extension System. Farmers' group formation accompanies the reform process. This paper analyzes and...
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Effect of political decentralization and female leadership on institutional births and child mortality in rural Bihar, India
Kumar, Santosh; Prakash, Nishith - 2017
In this paper, we investigate the impacts of political decentralization and women reservation in local governance on institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a significant positive association between...
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Overviewing of fiscal decentralization in Romania
Rusu, Cigu E.; Petrisor, M. B. - In: EuroEconomica 36 (2017) 1, pp. 78-84
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Why adopt a federal constitution? And why decentralize? : determinants based on a new dataset
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2017
Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component analysis. When we try to identify their main...
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Decentralisation to promote Regional Development in Indonesia
Vujanovic, Petar Declan - 2017
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Decentralization effects in ecological fiscal transfers : the case of Portugal
Droste, Nils; Becker, Claudia; Ring, Irene; Santos, Rui - 2017
Portugal has a unitary system in which the central government transfers funds to lower government levels for their public functions. In 2007, Portugal introduced Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT), where municipalities receive transfers for hosting Protected Areas (PA). We study whether...
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Does fiscal decentralization help Indonesia avoid the middle-income trap?
Tirtosuharto, Darius - 2017
This paper focuses on the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of fiscal resources at the regional level that will improve the probability of Indonesia avoiding the middle-income trap. From a development standpoint, the implementation of decentralization is not only aimed at...
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Decentralisation in Morocco : the current reform and its possible contribution to political liberalisation
Houdret, Annabelle; Harnisch, Astrid - 2017
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Regional inequality in decentralized countries : a multi-country analysis using LIS
Martín-Román, Javier; Ayala Cañón, Luis; Vicente … - 2017
The aim of this paper is to analyze the regional disparities of six decentralized countries using LIS microdata. In order to determine the extent of the territorial variable in the explanation of income inequality, we carry out two complementary analyses. On the one hand, we perform the...
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Decentralization and efficiency of subsidy targeting : evidence from chiefs in rural Malawi
Basurto, Pia; Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan - 2017
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Regionales Innovationsmanagement unter den Bedingungen einer regionalisierten Strukturpolitik : das Beispiel der altindustriellen Regionen Nord-Pas-de-Calais und Emscher Lippe
Feldotto, Petra - 2017
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Political agency and public health care : evidence from India
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Parmar, Divya - 2017
A growing literature studies the effect of enhancing the agency relationship between political incumbents and constituents on the use of health care, and specifically maternal and preventive care services. We examine the development of institutions of self-governance in India, and specifically...
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Jati, local public goods and village governance : private actions and public outcomes
Jha, Raghbendra; Nagarajan, Hari K.; Tagat, Anirudh - 2017
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Municipal pooled financing of infrastructure in the United States : experience and lessons
Liu, Lili; De Angelis, Michael; Torbert, Sally - 2017
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Can regional decentralisation shift health care preferences?
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2017
Uniform health care delivered by a mainstream public insurer - such as the National Health Service (NHS), seldom satisfies heterogeneous demands for care, and some unsatisfied share of the population either use private health care, or purchase private insurance (PHI). One potential mechanism to...
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Can regional decentralisation shift health care preferences?
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2017
Uniform health care delivered by a mainstream public insurer - such as the National Health Service (NHS), seldom satisfies heterogeneous demands for care, and some unsatisfied share of the population either use private health care, or purchase private insurance (PHI). One potential mechanism to...
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Urban transportation and inter-jurisdictional competition
Pinto, Santiago M. - 2017
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Deutschland, ein Solarmärchen? : die Zweite Phase der Energiewende zwischen Richtungsstreit und Systemintegration
Thuß, Sebastian - 2017 - Stand: 12/2017
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The cost of decentralization : linguistic polarization and the provision of education
Cinnirella, Francesco; Schüler, Ruth M. - 2016
In this paper we argue that different preferences in a decentralized system lead to under provision of public goods. We analyze the provision of public primary education in nineteenth-century Prussia which was characterized by a linguistically polarized society and a decentralized education...
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College admissions with entrance exams : centralized versus decentralized
Hafalir, Isa E.; Hakimov, Rustamdjan; Kübler, Dorothea; … - 2016
We study a college admissions problem in which colleges accept students by ranking students’ efforts in entrance exams. Students’ ability levels affect the cost of their efforts. We solve and compare the equilibria of “centralized college admissions” (CCA) where students apply to all...
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Decentralization and poverty reduction in Bolivia : challenges and opportunities
Andersen, Lykke E.; Jemio, Luis Carlos - 2016
This paper presents an analysis of the decentralization process that has been taking place in Bolivia over the last couple of decades. It starts with a review of the legal framework that determines the distribution of responsibilities and financial resources to the sub-national governments (9...
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Forms of government decentralization and institutional quality : evidence from a large sample of nations
Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - 2016
This paper studies the effects of various forms of government decentralization on institutional quality across countries. Using corruption and the shadow economy to proxy for institutional quality, as well as three forms of government decentralization (i.e., virtual, physical, and fiscal), the...
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Fiscal delegation in a monetary union with decentralized public spending
Basso, Henrique S.; Costain, James - 2016
In a monetary union, the interaction between several governments and a single central bank is plagued by several sources of deficit bias, including common pool problems. Each government has strong preferences over local spending and taxation but suffers only part of the costs of union-wide...
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Public provision and local income tax competition
Kuhlmey, Florian; Hintermann, Beat - 2016
We extend the literature on local income tax competition by allowing for inter-jurisdictional spillovers and imperfect rivalry in consumption of a publicly provided good. Comparing decentralized second-best results of a theoretical model with an efficient benchmark, we identify three...
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School grants and education quality : experimental evidence from Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro M.; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; Lahire, Nathalie - 2016
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Measuring the quality of education policies and their implementation for better learning : adapting World Bank’s SABER tools on school autonomy and accountability to Senegal
Yuki, Takako; Igei, Kengo; Demas, Angela - 2016
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How well do subnational borrowing regulations work? : Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Violeta Vulovic
Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Vulovic, Violeta - 2016
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Political institutions and federalism : a "strong" decentralization theorem
Ponce Rodríguez, Raúl A.; Hankla, Charles R.; … - 2016
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An overview of the reformed local government in Macedonia
Sejdini, Mirjana Kraja - In: Business and Economic Research : BER 6 (2016) 1, pp. 440-463
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Regionale Kompetenzverteilung und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg : Studie der BAK Basel Economics AG
Bußjäger, Peter (contributor) - BAK Basel Economics AG; Institut für Föderalismus - 2016
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Regional health care decentralization in unitary states : equal spending, equal satisfaction?
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Turati, Gilberto - 2016
Does regional decentralization threaten the commitment to regional equality in government outcomes? We attempt to shed light on this question by drawing on unique evidence from the largest European unitary states to have engaged in countrywide health system decentralization: Italy and Spain. We...
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Vertical effects of fiscal rules : the Swiss experience
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P. - 2016
Formal fiscal rules have been introduced in many countries throughout the world. While most studies focus on the intra-jurisdictional effects of fiscal rules, vertical effects on the finances of other levels of government have yet to be explored thoroughly. This paper investigates the influence...
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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2016
Governments do not have perfect information regarding constituent priorities and needs. This lack of knowledge opens the door for groups to lobby in order to affect the government’s taxation levels. We examine the political economy of decentralized revenue-raising authority in light of social...
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Migration and tax yields in a devolved economy
Foreman-Peck, James S.; Zhou, Peng - 2016
Households may migrate between jurisdictions to secure preferred mixes of collectively sup-plied services and taxation. But devolution of taxes to sub-national jurisdictions could reduce expected tax revenue if some move to lower tax regimes, constraining devolved government policy. This paper...
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Next train to the polycentric city : the effect of railroads on subcenter formation
Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel; Hémet, Camille; … - 2016
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The political economy of teacher management in decentralized Indonesia
Rosser, Andrew; Fahmi, Mohamad - 2016
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Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility : the quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
Addison, John T. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 19, pp. 1-53
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, somewhat greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close...
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Mitigating adverse effects of using online social networks
Paul, Thomas - 2016
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Government decentralization and international government performance
Goel, Rajeev K.; Mazhar, Ummad; Nelson, Michael A.; … - 2016
Adding to the literature on the effects of government decentralization, this paper uses a large sample of individual responses from more than a hundred countries about public's perceptions of government's performance along various dimensions to study the relative influences of different types of...
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Government decentralization program in Indonesia
Nasution, Anwar - 2016
Without much preparation, Indonesia, in 2000, at a stroke replaced the previous system of centralized government and development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and financial resources directly to regencies and...
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Frameworks for central-local government relations and fiscal sustainability
Morgan, Peter J.; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016
Sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging Asian economies requires continued high levels of public sector investment in areas such as infrastructure, education, health, and social services. These responsibilities, especially with regard to infrastructure investment, need to be devolved...
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Looking beyond conventional intergovernmental fiscal frameworks : principles, realities, and neglected issues
Smoke, Paul J. - 2016
Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations reform have become nearly ubiquitous in developing countries. Performance, however, has often been disappointing in terms of both policy formulation and outcomes. The dynamics underlying these results have been poorly researched....
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Fiscal decentralization and local budget deficits in Viet Nam : an empirical analysis
Morgan, Peter J.; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016
Since 1975, Viet Nam has gradually decentralized more fiscal responsibilities to local authorities. This study has two objectives: (i) to take stock of the current institutional framework for intergovernmental fiscal relations in Viet Nam, and (ii) to empirically assess the debt sustainability...
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