Fiscal descentralization and the quality of government: evidence from panel data

Autor: Andreas Kyriacou, Oriol Roca sagalés
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Hacienda Pública Española/Revista de Economía Pública. 189(2):131-155
Popis: In this paper we focus on the relationship between fiscal decentralization and government quality. In a sample of 29 developing and developed countries over the period 1984-1997, fiscal decentralization has a positive effect on institutional quality but this effect diminishes as countries become wealthier. Moreover, the positive effect of fiscal decentralization on government quality is reduced by electoral and decision-making decentralization in poor and medium income countries whereas these forms of decentralization seem to improve the impact of fiscal decentralization on government quality in rich countries.
Databáze: OpenAIRE