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Partial Fiscal Decentralization [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
Abstract The fiscal decentralization impulse now sweeping the world often leads to partial decentralization, where subnational governments are funded by central transfers, rather than leading to full local autonomy. Despite the practical important of this arrangement, the literature contains no economic analysis of a partial decentralization regime ...
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Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on the Attraction of FDI in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, 2019
From a financial perspective, decentralization is a transfer of resources from the central government to local governments. Fiscal decentralization policies can lead to more FDI attraction by increasing the share of provincial government funding to local
mohammad alizadeh   +2 more
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Fiscal Decentralization, Fiscal Rules and Fiscal Discipline [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Fiscal decentralization (FD) and fiscal rules (FR) are institutional mechanisms that have been implemented in increasing number of countries by varying measures. This paper investigates empirically the effect of FR on the effectiveness of FD in achieving fiscal discipline.
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Are fiscal decentralization and institutional quality poverty abating? Empirical evidence from developing countries

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2022
Fiscal federalism theorists have long been intrigued by the relationship between fiscal decentralization and poverty. Few people, however, consider cross-country research of similar linkages in developing countries.
Kumba Digdowiseiso
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Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization in India [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
This paper surveys the state of fiscal federalism in India, in the broader context of decentralization. We begin with an overview of the basic features and recent developments in the intergovernmental fiscal relations, including the role of political institutions, the specifics of legislative and budgetary autonomy, assignments of expenditure ...
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Does Fiscal Decentralization Promote Fiscal Discipline? [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2015
ABSTRACTWe investigate the efficiency and equity implications of a redistributive rule that takes into account both local tax collection efforts and deviation of local incomes from respective targets under alternative fiscal mechanisms. We show that, if the general budget constraint is binding, the proposed transfer rule leads to higher fiscal ...
Akin Z., Bulut-Cevik Z.B., Neyapti B.
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The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on General and Local Government Size: Does Composite Index Matter?

open access: yesTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2021
This article examines the impact of fiscal decentralization on the size of both general and local government using data for 36 countries over the period 1972–2019 and GMM.
Ebru Canikalp   +2 more
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Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Policy Performance [PDF]

open access: yesIMF Working Papers, 2017
This paper explores the impact of fiscal decentralization on fiscal policy performance in a large sample of advanced and developing economies. The findings suggest that a larger share of decentralized expenditure is associated with a stronger fiscal balance; however, fiscal decentralization can lead to more pro-cyclical fiscal policy.
Ivohasina Razafimahefa, Moussé Sow
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Drivers of Fiscal Resources at the Local Level in Russia: Role of Institutions Reflected in Regional Debt

open access: yesJournal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University, 2022
The paper seeks to clarify the consequences of fiscal institutions and centralization of intergovernmental relations in Russia related to regional debt sustainability and intraregional fiscal decentralization.
Evgeny Timushev
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Fiscal Decentralization and Regional Financial Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of Spatial Durbin Model

open access: yesDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2016
Based on panel data covering the period from 2003 to 2012 in China’s 281 prefecture-level cities, we use superefficiency SBM model to measure regional financial efficiency and empirically test the spatial effects of fiscal decentralization on regional ...
Jianmin Liu, Xiaomei Hu, Hongli Tang
doaj   +1 more source

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