Economic reform has resulted in considerable decentralization and exceptional economic growth in China. It has however posed a serious contradiction for China’s environmental protection efforts. This study empirically investigated the environmental effects of market and power decentralization using data on industrial SO2 emission and dusts at the city level. It is found that China’s industrial ...

Introduction. Decentralization in Ukraine, the new stage of which began 2014, particular regarding redistribution powers and financial resources between levels budget system, played a positive role ensuring livelihood communities under martial law after start full-scale Russian aggression. Problem Statement. In domestic scientific opinion, attention is usually paid either to applied aspects bud...

Kamusal mal ve hizmetlerin yerel düzeyde sunulmasının ekonomik etkinlik sosyal refah düzeyini artıracağı düşüncesiyle birlikte birçok ülkede yönetimlerin fonksiyonlarını artırmaya yönelik çalışmalar gerçekleştirilmektedir. Bu araştırmada gelir, alan büyüklüğü, nüfus, kentleşme, etnik çeşitlilik, insani gelişme, küreselleşme, kurumsal faktörler, gelir dağılımı, istikrar katılımcı bütçelemenin ma...

A recent body of literature with the paradigm of market preserving federalism at its core contends that China is a de facto federalist state. With the autonomy and tax rights of local governments entrenched in the reform era, local governments have allegedly become decentralized engines of growth. Scrutinizing the underlying premises of the above paradigm, this article arrives at a picture of C...

Do political and fiscal decentralization make it easier or harder to control inflation? If high inflation reflects the time inconsistency problem, devolving power might restrict the center’s ability to renege on promises of monetary stability, thus reducing inflation. If inflation results from failure to coordinate on a stabilization plan, devolving power to numerous regional governments should...