Decentralization and the Productive Efficiency of Government: Evidence from Swiss Cantons
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- Barankay, Iwan & Lockwood, Ben, 2007. "Decentralization and the productive efficiency of government: Evidence from Swiss cantons," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(5-6), pages 1197-1218, June.
- Barankay, Ivan & Lockwood, Ben, 2005. "Decentralization and the Productive Efficiency of Government: Evidence from Swiss Cantons," Economics Discussion Papers 8890, University of Essex, Department of Economics.
- Lockwood, Ben & Barankay, Iwan, 2006. "Decentralization and the Productive Efficiency of Government: Evidence from Swiss Cantons," CEPR Discussion Papers 5639, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
decentralization; productive efficiency; local public goods;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2007-01-02 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-PBE-2007-01-02 (Public Economics)
- NEP-URE-2007-01-02 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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