Administrative fragmentation and economic performance of OECD TL2 regions

The present work investigates the relationship between administrative fragmentation and regional per capita GDP growth rate, using a panel of OECD TL2 regions in the period 1996-2011. According to the fiscal decentralisation literature, fragmentation should enhance growth as local governments can im...

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Main Author: Bartolini, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2017
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