Regional Economic Disparities and Decentralisation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10864591
AutoresCarlos Gil Canaleta (Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), autor correspondente), Pedro Pascual Arzoz (Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), autor correspondente), Manuel Rapún Gárate (0000-0001-5383-6475, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA))
Ano2004
Volume41
Fascículo1
Páginas71-94
Data de publicação2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/0042098032000155696
OpenAlexW2104796061
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33
Referências 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