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

• Autores: Andreas P. Kyriacou , Oriol Roca i Sagalés
• Localización: Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, ISSN 0210-1173, Nº 189, 2009, págs. 131-155
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.

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