Decentralization or Fiscal Autonomy? What Does Really Matter? Effects on Growth and Public Sector Size in European Transition Countries

Decentralization or Fiscal Autonomy? What Does Really Matter? Effects on Growth and Public Sector Size in European Transition Countries

This paper examines the importance of fiscal autonomy in the analysis of decentralization. Using new data published by the OECD (2001 and 2002), it reproduces several indicators and proposes new measures of decentralization that take into considera...

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Main Authors: Meloche, Jean-Philippe, Vaillancourt, Francois, Yilmaz, Serdar
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACTUAL COSTS
AUTHORITY
AUTONOMY
BUSINESS TAXES
CAPITAL GRANTS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZENS
COLLUSION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
DECONCENTRATION
DEGREE OF AUTONOMY
DEVOLUTION
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EQUALIZATION
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE
EXTERNALITIES
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL REVENUE
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GROWTH RATE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
OWN SOURCE REVENUE
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY CONTROL
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
REVENUE GRANTS
REVENUE SOURCES
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL POLICY
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TAX
TAX RATE
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SHARING
TIME SERIES
TOTAL REVENUE
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
VOTING
WASTE DISPOSAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
GROWTH PATTERNS
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
SUBNATIONAL FINANCES
ECONOMIC MODELS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3171516/decentralization-or-fiscal-autonomy-really-matter-effects-growth-public-sector-size-european-transition-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15619

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3171516/decentralization-or-fiscal-autonomy-really-matter-effects-growth-public-sector-size-european-transition-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15619

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