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Extreme events and the resilience of decentralised governance

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  • María Cadaval-Sampedro
  • Ana Herrero-Alcalde
  • Santiago Lago-Peñas
  • Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

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Extreme events, such as economic crises, natural disasters or military conflicts, can affect the balance between centralisation and decentralisation forces across countries and transform, temporarily or more permanently, the design of multilevel governance. Using a panel of 91 developing and developed countries from 1960 to 2018, and another for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries between 1995 and 2018, we examine the effects of extreme external shocks on the decentralisation level. We find that armed conflicts boost decentralisation, while natural disasters reduce it only in non-OECD countries, with long-lasting effects in both cases. Economic recessions do not have significant effects on the level of decentralisation, except for the lasting effects on expenditure recentralisation in OECD countries.

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  • María Cadaval-Sampedro & Ana Herrero-Alcalde & Santiago Lago-Peñas & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2025. "Extreme events and the resilience of decentralised governance," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 2255627-225, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:59:y:2025:i:1:p:2255627
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2255627
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    • H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • H84 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Disaster Aid

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