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Does Fiscal Decentralization Promote Fiscal Discipline?
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2016-03-01
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Akin, Zafer
Bulut-Cevik, Zeynep B.
NEYAPTI, ŞEN BİLİN
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We investigate the efficiency and equity implications of a redistributive rule that takes into account both local tax collection efforts and deviation of local incomes from respective targets under alternative fiscal mechanisms. We show that, if the general budget constraint is binding, the proposed transfer rule leads to higher fiscal discipline under fiscal decentralization (FD) than under centralized redistribution. Although the centralized decision yields better income distribution than FD, FD also improves income distribution unambiguously when equalization across regions is targeted explicitly. When localities act strategically, the private sector's utility weight enhances the disciplinary effect of decentralization.
Subject Keywords
Fiscal decentralization
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Fiscal discipline
,
Redistribution
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66846
Journal
EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496x.2015.1012920
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Department of Economics, Article