Regional Economic Disparities and Decentralisation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10864591
AutoresCarlos Gil Canaleta (Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), autor de correspondencia), Pedro Pascual Arzoz (Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), autor de correspondencia), Manuel Rapún Gárate (0000-0001-5383-6475, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA))
Año2004
Volumen41
Número1
Páginas71-94
Fecha de publicación2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/0042098032000155696
OpenAlexW2104796061
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas33

The study of the influence of decentralisation on economic growth has received some attention in recent years, but very few studies deal with its impact on regional inequalities. This paper analyses the impact of both fiscal and political decentralisation on regional inequalities using alternative measures for a sample of 17 OECD countries. In order to check for other possible influences, the study also includes measures of public-sector size and the type of party in government. The final section studies the relevance of fiscal decentralisation in the regional convergence process observed by several authors during the past two decades. The research reveals a strong negative correlation between decentralisation, especially fiscal decentralisation, and regional inequalities, and also a positive influence of decentralisation on regional convergence

Convergence (economics · Decentralization · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Inequality · Market economy · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Economic Policies and Impacts · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Mathematics