Title: Fiscal decentralization and governance

Authors: Altunbas, Yener and Thornton, John

Place: Gwynedd

Publisher: Bangor university. Bangor business school

Year: 2010

Journal: Bangor business school working paper

Volume: BBSWP/10/010

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: corrupt practices, public administration, governance, fiscal policy, decentralization in government

Abstract: The effect of fiscal decentralization on the quality of governance was examined in a cross-section of developed and developing economies. It was found that greater fiscal decentralization is associated with improvements in the quality of governance in a robust way.

URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1570084

Document type: Portal