Title: Corruption, accountability, and decentralization : theory and evidence from Mexico

Authors: Goodspeed, Timothy J.

Place: [New York, NY

Publisher: City university of New York] (CUNY). Hunter college and graduate center

Year: 2011

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, finance, fiscal policy, accountability, corrupt practices, poverty, mexico

Abstract: Theory holds that decentralized governments that rely on own-source revenues should be more fiscally efficient than decentralized governments that rely on grant financing. This was confirmed by data from Mexico. Also, poverty - a measure of uninformed citizens - led to greater corruption.

URL: http://econ.hunter.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/RePEc/papers/HunterEconWP433.pdf

Document type: E-article