The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on General and Local Government Size: Does Composite Index Matter?

IF 1 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI:10.24193/tras.64e.1

Ebru Canikalp, Taner Turan, İlter Ünlükaplan

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Abstract

This article examines the impact of fiscal decentralization on the size of both general and local government using data for 36 countries over the period 1972–2019 and GMM. Our results consistently suggest that fiscal decentralization does not exert a significant impact on general government size. On the other hand, there exists a positive relationship between fiscal decentralization and local government size. We should note that our baseline regression results don’t significantly change when we use different fiscal decentralization indexes. Therefore, we don’t find any evidence for the argument that fiscal decentralization would be helpful to restrict the expansion of government size. Moreover, we present some evidence for the flypaper effect. Additionally, we find a positive relationship between the fiscal importance and local governments, interpreted as an indicator of expenditure competition instead of race to bottom.

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财政分权对一般和地方政府规模的影响：综合指数重要吗？

本文利用1972-2019年36个国家的数据和GMM分析了财政分权对中央政府和地方政府规模的影响。我们的研究结果一致表明，财政分权对政府总体规模没有显著影响。另一方面，财政分权与地方政府规模之间存在正相关关系。需要注意的是，当我们使用不同的财政分权指标时，我们的基线回归结果并没有显著变化。因此，我们没有发现财政分权有助于限制政府规模扩张的证据。此外，我们还提供了一些证据来证明蝇纸的作用。此外，我们发现财政重要性与地方政府之间存在正相关关系，这被解释为支出竞争而不是逐底竞争的指标。

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Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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2.10

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

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