How regional inequality affects fiscal decentralisation: Accounting for the autonomy of subcentral governments

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 144-162

  Sacchi, Agnese ^a   Salotti, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAS MERCATORUM   (Italy)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expenditure decentralisation; Local autonomy; Regional economic disparities; Tax decentralisation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPENDITURE; FISCAL REFORM; GOVERNMENT; OECD; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84893403008     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1241r     Document Type: Article

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