Does Government Decentralization Increase Policy Innovation

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On The Evolution of Fiscal Federalism: Theory and Institutions (2008, background): “Susan Rose–Ackerman (1980) and Kole-man Strumpf (2002), using quite different approaches, have provided the beginnings of a theory of laboratory federalism.”
Centralization Vs. Decentralization: A Principal-Agent Analysis (2007, unknown): “Looking at policy experimentation under decentralization, Strumpf (1999) makes the perceptive point that since experimentation creates externalities, it might also be subject to Nash problems.”
Mandate Versus Championship: Vertical government intervention and diffusion of innovation in public services in authoritarian China (2014, background): “Therefore, the structure of a centralized system is favourable to the innovation of local governments when they are relatively large in number (Strumpf 2002).”
Government Decentralization as a Disincentive for Transnational Terror? An Empirical Analysis (2009, background): “For example, decentralization may create coordination problems, lead to an underprovision and underfinancing of public safety, less policy innovation (Rose-Ackerman 1980, Strumpf 2002), and cause understaffing of security forces and other inefficiencies in fighting terrorism.”
Determinants of tax innovation: The case of environmental taxes in Flemish municipalities (2006, background): “Strumpf (2002) shows that innovativeness of local governments may be limited due to the public good component of successful policy experiments.”