Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis

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The theoretical literature on the economics of fiscal federalism has identified several potential effects of government decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision of public services. However, decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to innovate and carry out reforms. On the contrary, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government inefficiency. After a discussion of the theoretical arguments, we provide both a traditional survey and a meta-analysis of the empirical literature on decentralization and economic growth. Based on our survey, we identify open questions and discuss possible ways of answering them.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4985

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Methodological Issues: General ; Institutions and the Macroeconomy ; Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession ; Institutions and Growth
• Thema: fiscal federalism ; fiscal competition ; economic growth ; meta-analysis

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Baskaran, Thushyanthan ; Feld, Lars P. ; Schnellenbach, Jan
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (wo): Munich
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/103109