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Policy Brief: Local Finances Decentralization
May 15, 2007 09:54

This paper discusses the consequences of approval of new laws on administrative decentralization and functioning of local public administration (July – December 2006) that created numerous positive expectations in Moldova.

Strategic Delegation and Complementary Public Goods
May 15, 2007 09:54

The paper presents a simple model of public goods provision in two regions and discerns between regimes of centralization and decentralization of political decision making.

Fiscal Centralization and Decentralization Game
May 15, 2007 09:54

The paper presents a model of public goods provision in two regions and discerns between regimes of centralization and decentralization of political decision making.

What determines the extent of fiscal decentralization ? The Russian paradox
November 23, 2007 17:38

The paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of fiscal decentralization within Russian regions in 1994-2001. The conventional view that more decentralized governments are found in regions and countries with higher income, higher ethnolinguistic fractionalization, and higher levels of democracy is not supported by the data.

What determines the extent of fiscal decentralization ? The Russian paradox
November 23, 2007 17:38

The paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of fiscal decentralization within Russian regions in 1994-2001. The conventional view that more decentralized governments are found in regions and countries with higher income, higher ethnolinguistic fractionalization, and higher levels of democracy is not supported by the data.

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers in Azerbaijan: role of tax-sharing in local government financing
February 27, 2008 15:33

In this paper, Elshad Mikayilov, assesses the role of shared taxes type of transfers as a source for municipal financing in Azerbaijan. In particular, it argues that tax sharing will improve the fiscal capacity of local self-governments and thus promote their local autonomy.

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Tags: Azerbaijan, Decentralization, Fiscal, Taxation
Strengthening municipalities in Azerbaijan
March 3, 2008 11:18

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Tags: Decentralization, Reform, Azerbaijan