Federalism and Decentralization – A Critical Survey of Frequently Used Indicators
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- Lorenz Blume & Stefan Voigt, 2011. "Federalism and decentralization—a critical survey of frequently used indicators," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 238-264, September.
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Keywords
Federalism; Fiscal federalism; Decentralization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
- H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2008-11-04 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2008-11-04 (Positive Political Economics)
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