When Does decentralization deliver? The Dilemma of Design
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Keywords
Decentralization; Centralization; Design; Sequence; Instuments; Federalism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- H0 - Public Economics - - General
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues
- H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
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