Fiscal decentralization and government quality in the OECD

Andreas P. Kyriacou; Oriol Roca-Sagalés

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.019

Fiscal decentralization and government quality in the OECD

Andreas P. Kyriacou, Oriol Roca-Sagalés

Department of Applied Economics

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Abstract

Using indicators of fiscal decentralization which control for intergovernmental transfers and grants, it is shown that decentralization has a positive impact on government quality but that this positive effect is mitigated in the presence of regional elections and multi-level government. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-193
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	111
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.019
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2011

Keywords

Fiscal decentralization
Multi-level government
Panel data
Quality of government

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