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Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth

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Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge
McNab, Robert M.

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Volume (Year): 31 (2003)
Issue (Month): 9 (September)
Pages: 1597-1616
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  7. Loenardo Letelier Saavedra, 2004. "Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation as a Mechanism to Modernise the State - Truths and Myths," CESifo DICE Report, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 2(1), pages 15-20, October. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Higgins, Matthew & Young, Andrew & Levy, Daniel, 2009. "Federal, State, and Local Governments: Evaluating their Separate Roles in US Growth," MPRA Paper 13094, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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  10. Fritz Breuss & Markus Eller, 2004. "Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth: Is there Really a Link?," CESifo DICE Report, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 2(1), pages 3-9, October. [Downloadable!]
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  14. Paul Hallwood & Ronald MacDonald, 2008. "A Review of the Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Economic Efficiency: With Comments on Tax Devolution to Scotland," Working papers 2008-46, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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