Why Countries Are Fiscally Decentralizing
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We thank Enrico Spolaore for early advice and Rajiv Vohra for helpful discussions on the topic. We are also grateful to James C. Davis for his help throughout the project, Christine Kearney for preparation of the federalism index, and Fumiko Tamura for her help as a research assistant. Finally we thank two anonymous referees and an editor for helpful detailed comments.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002