Fiscal Decentralization: A Remedy for Corruption?

By G. G. Arikan. 2004

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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Yardstick competition in a Federation: Theory and Evidence from China (2012, background): “…central government transfers have a positive e¤ect 49 In particular, Huther and Shah (1998), Barenstein and de Mello (2001), Fisman and Gatti (2002), Arikan (2004), Rodríguez-Pose and Krøijer (2008) or Enikolopov and Zhuravskaya (2007) in their studies of the e¤ects of scal decentralization on…”
One Size Fits All? Decentralization, Corruption, and the Monitoring of Bureaucrats (2010, unknown): “states cross country positive (2002b) b) convictions for abuse of public office OLS c) share of federal transfers Arikan a) 40 countries cross country positive (2004) b) CPI index OLS and TSLS c) number of local jurisdictions, share of non-government employment, expenditure decentralization Lederman”
Decentralization, Collusion, and Coal Mine Deaths (2017, background): “For example, Fisman and Gatti (2002) and Arikan (2004) find that fiscal decentralization in government expenditures is associated with less corruption.”
Regional Inequality and Decentralization: An Empirical Analysis (2012, methodology): “Standard instruments for decentralization as used in the literature are the size of a country and the degree of ethnolinguistic fractionalization (see, eg, Arikan, 2004; Lessmann and Markwardt, 2010; Wasylenko, 1987).”
Decentralization, Corruption And Government Accountability: An Overview (2005, background): “Edwards and Keen (1996) and Arikan (2000) provide more recent formalizations of this argument, based on less draconian assumptions about the objectives of government officials (i.”
The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization: A Survey (2015, unknown): “Both, Arikan (2004), and Fisman and Gatti (2002) find that decentralization reduced the level of corruption.”
Exploring the links between corruption and growth (2011, unknown): “role of decentralization and federalism (Fisman and Gatti, 2002; Arikan, 2004), and one on whether natural resources prevalence was a source of corruption (Leite and Weidmann, 1999).”
Public Sector Decentralization: Measurement Concepts and Recent International Trends (2005, background): “6See, e.g., Arikan (2004), and Fisman and Gatti (2002).”