Power to the people?

• Verfasst von: Dreher, Axel
• Titel: Power to the people?
• Titelzusatz: The impact of decentralization on governance
• Verf.angabe: Axel Dreher
• Verlagsort: Zürich
• Verlag: KOF
• E-Jahr: 2006
• Jahr: Jan. 2006
• Illustrationen: graph. Darst.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Arbeitspapiere / Konjunkturforschungsstelle, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ; 121
• Fussnoten: Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:Jan. 2006
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• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• (Umfang): Online-Ressource, 32 S., Text
• K10plus-PPN: 50885833X

Abstract

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. -- Decentralization ; Governance ; Legal Quality ; Judicial Independence ; Federalism ; Institutions