Power to the people? The impact of decentralization on governance

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The paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on governance employing four indicators of governance and five measures of decentralization. Depending on data availability, crosssections for a maximum of 129 countries are estimated. Results for a panel of about 70 countries over the period 1984-2001 are also presented. The results show that decentralization - measured as the share of sub-national employment, revenues or, respectively, expenditures - improves governance. This is particularly true for low income countries but - depending on the indicator employed - to some extent for high income countries also. However, the number of sub-national government tiers exerts a negative impact on some dimensions of governance.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: KOF Working Papers ; No. 121

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Publicly Provided Goods: General ; State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue ; State and Local Budget and Expenditures ; Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
• Thema: Decentralization ; Governance ; Legal Quality ; Judicial Independence ; Federalism ; Institutions ; Dezentralisierung ; Föderalismus ; Governance-Ansatz

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dreher, Axel
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
• (wo): Zurich
• (wann): 2006

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005118157
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50846
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ