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Fiscal decentralization and local government efficiency: Does relative deprivation matter?

July 1, 2018 LPS Alliance

Fiscal decentralization arguably improves government efficiency because it enhances responsiveness to local policy issues and incentivizes fiscal discipline. However, critics suggest that central control over local spending is necessary to equalize fiscal outcomes between prosperous […]