Decentralization and economic growth reconsidered: The role of regional authority

被引：50
作者：
Filippetti, Andrea [1 ,2 ]
Sacchi, Agnese [3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] CNR, Natl Res Council, Inst Study Regionalism & Self Govt ISSiRFA, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[2] London Sch Econ & Polit Sci LSE, Dept Geog & Environm, London, England
[3] Univ Mercatorum, Fac Econ, Appia Pignatelli 62, I-00178 Rome, Italy
[4] Univ Vigo, Governance & Econ Res Network GEN, Vigo, Spain
来源：
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-GOVERNMENT AND POLICY | 2016年 / 34卷 / 08期
关键词：
Fiscal decentralization; regional authority; administrative and political decentralization; economic growth; FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION; PANEL-DATA; FEDERALISM; GOVERNMENT; CENTRALIZATION; IMPACT; POLICY;
D O I：
10.1177/0263774X16642230
中图分类号：
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号：
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要：
Most of the empirical analysis explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth within an institutional void. This paper investigates the connection between fiscal decentralization and economic growth in different institutional settings in 21 OECD countries over the period 1970-2010. We find that the pro-growth effects of fiscal decentralization depend critically on the authority of sub-national governments: tax decentralization leads to higher (lower) rates of economic growth when coupled with high (low) administrative and political decentralization. Tax decentralization is more conducive for growth if sub-national taxes accrue mostly from autonomous revenues such as property taxes. Overall, this provides evidence of institutional complementarities at work among decentralization dimensions leading to relevant insights for policy implications.
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页码：1793 / 1824
页数：32
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