Barankay, Iwan and Lockwood, Ben (2007) Decentralization and the productive efficiency of government: evidence from Swiss cantons. Journal of Public Economics, Vol.91 (No.5-6). pp. 1197-1218. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.11.006 ISSN 0047-2727.

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Abstract

Advocates of fiscal decentralization argue that among other benefits, it can increase the efficiency of delivery of government services. This paper is one of the first to evaluate this claim empirically by looking at the association between expenditure decentralization and the productive efficiency of government using a data set of Swiss cantons. We first provide careful evidence that expenditure decentralization is a powerful proxy for legal local autonomy. Further panel regressions of Swiss cantons provide robust evidence that more decentralization is associated with higher educational attainment. We also show that these gains lead to no adverse effects across education types but that male students benefited more from educational decentralization closing, for the Swiss case, the gender education gap. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Public Economics
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0047-2727
Official Date:	June 2007
Dates:	Date Event June 2007 Published
Volume:	Vol.91
Number:	No.5-6
Number of Pages:	22
Page Range:	pp. 1197-1218
DOI:	10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.11.006
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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