In government we trust: the role of fiscal decentralization

Autor:	Ligthart, Jenny E., Oudheusden, Peter van
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Capital stock Decentralization in government Tax law Descentralització administrativa Dret fiscal Capital social (Economia)
Zdroj:	Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona
Popis:	We measure the contribution of fiscal decentralization to trust in government. Using repeated cross-country survey data of individuals on several measures of trust in government over the 1994{2007 period, we estimate an ordered response model of the government trust and fiscal decentralization nexus. We control for unobserved country characteristics, macroeconòmic determinants, and individual characteristics. Our main finding is that fiscal decentralization increases trust in government. More specifically, a one percentage point increase in fiscal decentralization causes roughly a four-fifths of a percentage point increase in government trust. The beneficial effect of fiscal decentralization on trust in government is neither limited to nor necessarily large for relatively decentralized countries.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=dedup_wf_001::ace9ade54a6db451d0c2b075c8222b8d http://hdl.handle.net/2445/116570 Zobrazit plný text záznamu