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Fiscal decentralization and regional disparity: Evidence from cross-section and panel data [PDF]
The advantages and disadvantages of public sector decentralization are widely discussed in economics and political science. Some authors argue that decentralization leads to an optimal provision of public services and promotes economic growth, while ...
Lessmann, Christian
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Irrigation systems in Taiwan: Management of a decentralized public enterprise [PDF]
, 1976 Martin E. Abel
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The decentralization of Social Assistance and the rise of Disability Insurance enrolment [PDF]
In this paper, we assess spillover effects of Social Assistance (SA) decentralization in the Netherlands, in particular towards (a centrally administered) Disability Insurance scheme (DI). DI enrolment has increased strongly since the decentralization of
Daniel van Vuuren, Gijs Roelofs
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Implications of On-line Systems Techniques for a Decentralized Research Library System
, 1969 Audrey N. Grosch
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When Does decentralization deliver? The Dilemma of Design [PDF]
Decentralization since early 1990s has become one of the buzzwords of the development paradigms. Among all ingredients of decentralization, the fiscal component of it has a special significance. Not surprisingly the literature unanimously recognizes that
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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Wage Dispersion and Decentralization of Wage Bargaining [PDF]
This paper studies how decentralization of wage bargaining from sector to firm level influences wage levels and wage dispersion. We use a detailed panel data set covering a period of decentralization in the Danish labor market.
Christian M. Dahl +2 more
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Fiscal decentralization : a political economy perspective [PDF]
, 2005 This paper surveys recent contributions to the study of fiscal decentralization which adopt a political economy approach. It is argued that this approach can capture, in a variety of formal models, the plausible and influential ideas (increasingly ...
Lockwood, Ben
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Administrative centralization versus decentralization and the role of generalists and specialists.
, 1968 William C. Thomas, Herman E. Hilleboe
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Decentralized Sectors: A Managerial Framework [PDF]
, 1979 K Balakrishnan, Nikhilesh Dholakia
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