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Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization
A Developing Country PerspectivePonenciasMayo 2008Roy BahlDespite the overwhelming support for decentralization programs, there is little agreement among scholars and policy makers, and scant empirical evidence, as to whether the devolution of power to...
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Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries
Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and CapacityPonenciasMayo 2008Paul SmokePaul Smoke examines local revenue generation under fiscal decentralization in developing countries. He finds that local capacity for generating own-source funds is rare due to a lack of attention to...
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Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries
Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?PonenciasMayo 2008Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, and Vito TanziThe authors survey the related literature of decentralization experiences in selected OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation...
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Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning
Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem?PonenciasMayo 2008In this paper, William A. Fischel argues that metropolitan areas with more fragmented and decentralized government structures are more likely to have a lower elasticity of housing supply than those...
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A Cross-Country Comparison of Decentralization and Environmental Protection
PonenciasMayo 2008Hilary SigmanHilary Sigman presents a cross-country analysis of the relationships between decentralization and environmental quality. She employs four measures in her study: (1) access to improved sanitation; (2...
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Interjurisdictional Competition Under U.S. Fiscal Federalism
PonenciasMayo 2008Sally WallaceSimilar to the decentralization of environmental policy, scholars and analysts also express concerns about the welfare effects of interjurisdictional competition on economic development under U.S....
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Local Government Finances
The Link Between Intergovernmental Transfers and Net WorthPonenciasMayo 2008Luiz de MelloIn this paper, Luiz de Mello, using panel-based aggregate local government data from 13 OECD countries, examines the causal relationship between intergovernmental transfers and subnational...
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Fiscal Decentralization and Income Distribution
PonenciasMayo 2008Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian SepulvedaA major challenge of fiscal decentralization is its effects on income distribution. Theoretical discussions have questioned whether decentralization increases regional disparities when subnational...
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Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism
PonenciasMayo 2008Thomas J. NechybaThe traditional public school finance system under U.S. fiscal federalism has generated concern that the use of housing markets to ration resources and students to public schools may increase income...
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Community Associations
Decentralizing Local Government PrivatelyPonenciasMayo 2008Robert H. NelsonIn this paper, Robert H. Nelson describes an important change in local governance structure under the U.S. federal system. There has been a rapid increase in the number of residence-based, voluntary...
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