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2006-01Type
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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. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005118157Publication status
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KOF Working PapersVolume
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichSubject
KONTROLLE DER ÖFFENTLICHEN VERWALTUNG; Decentralization; Federalism; Legal Quality; CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; CENTRALIZATION + DECENTRALIZATION + REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT (PUBLIC LAW); ZENTRALISATION + DEZENTRALISATION + REGIONALE SELBSTVERWALTUNG (STAATSRECHT); Institutions; Governance; Judicial IndependenceOrganisational unit
02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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