Partial decentralization and its influence on local governments’ spending policy. An analysis of spending for teachers and other resources needed for schools
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Keywords
partial decentralization; spending and revenue autonomy; local government spending policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PUB-2017-01-08 (Public Finance)
- NEP-TRA-2017-01-08 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2017-01-08 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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