This paper looks at the relationship between fiscal and political decentralization and the evolution of regional inequalities in a panel of 26 countries – 19 developed and 7 developing – for the period between 1990 and 2006. Using an instrumental variables method, it finds that whereas for the whole sample decentralization is completely dissociated for the evolution of regional disparities, the...

BACKGROUND Improvements in prevention have led to declines in incidence and mortality of myocardial infarction (MI) in selected populations. However, no studies have examined regional differences in recent trends in MI incidence, and few have examined whether known regional disparities in MI care have narrowed over time. METHODS AND RESULTS We compared trends in incidence rates of MI, associa...

Andrea Bonaccorsi Dipartimento di Sistemi Elettrici ed Automazione, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Pisa Via Diotisalvi 2 – 56126 Pisa E-mail: [email protected] Lucia Piscitello Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 – 20133 Milano E-mail: [email protected] Cristina Rossi Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna P.za Martiri per la Libertà 33 ...

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