A review of the empirical literature about the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth

  1. Sonia Esteban Laleona 1
  2. Pablo De Frutos Madrazo 1
  3. María Cristina De Miguel Bilbao 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid,
Revista:
Economía, sociedad y territorio

ISSN: 2448-6183,  1405-8421

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 11

Número: 36

Páginas: 349-381

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Traditionally, academic debates about the benefits that the existence of multilevel government structures provide have been directly related to the gains in efficiency that derive from the processes of decentralization of the Public Sector. However, as of the last decades, the Public Finance has broadened its analysis towards other questions, one of them being whether the fiscal decentralization influences positively in the economic growth of a country. The objective of this document is to provide evidence on results of the main investigations out of topic, examining, both the temporal and space horizons selected in these studies, comparing the conceptual framework and the methodology used by the different authors

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