FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND ECONOMIC-GROWTH - A CROSS-COUNTRY STUDY

Authors
DAVOODI H ZOU HF
Citation
H. Davoodi et Hf. Zou, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND ECONOMIC-GROWTH - A CROSS-COUNTRY STUDY, Journal of urban economics, 43(2), 1998, pp. 244-257
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Urban Studies",Economics
Journal title
Journal of urban economics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00941190
Volume
43
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
244 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-1190(1998)43:2<244:FDAE-A>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We use a panel data set of 46 countries over the 1970-1989 period to i nvestigate the relationship between fiscal decentralization and econom ic growth. We find a negative relationship between fiscal decentraliza tion and growth in developing countries, but none in developed countri es. Several explanations are offered for our findings. (C) 1998 Academ ic Press.