Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Study

Hamid Davoodi and Heng-Fu Zou ()
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Hamid Davoodi: Policy Research Department, The World Bank

No 98, CEMA Working Papers from China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics

Abstract: We use a panel data set of 46 countries over the 1970¨C1989 period to investigate the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth. We find a negative relationship between fiscal decentralization and growth in developing countries, but none in developed countries. Several explanations are offered for our findings.

Pages: 14 pages
Date: 1996
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Published in Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 43, Issue 2, March 1998, Pages 244-257

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