Revenue decentralization and inflation: A re-evaluation

Thushyanthan Baskaran

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, issue 3, 298-300

Abstract: A problematic feature of the existing empirical literature on the relationship between revenue decentralization (RD) and inflation is the use of inaccurate measures for RD. Using a newly constructed measure for RD that accounts for over-time changes in sub-national tax autonomy, this paper finds that RD leads to lower inflation.

Keywords: Fiscal decentralization; Inflation; Sub-national tax autonomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 H29 H71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.015

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