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The architecture of government : rethinking political decentralization
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In this article, the authors propose a decentralization approach based on checks, balances, and freedom, where data to the rescue is used to solve the problem of ethnic conflict and secession.Abstract:
1. Introduction 2. The political process 3. Administrative efficiency 4. Competition among governments 5. Fiscal policy and redistribution 6. Fiscal coordination and incentives 7. Citizens and government 8. Checks, balances, and freedom 9. Acquiring and using knowledge 10. Ethnic conflict and secession 11. Data to the rescue? 12. Conclusion: rethinking decentralization.read more
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Comparing Forest Decentralization and Local Institutional Change in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, and Uganda
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the institutional and environmental impacts of forest decentralization in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, and Uganda and develop theories of institutional impacts based upon the specific content of decentralization reforms.
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Voters as Fiscal Liberals: Incentives and Accountability in Federal Systems
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the structure of fiscal federalism in countries like Argentina causes voters to reward fiscal expansion because they perceive that extra spending at the margin is not financed by them, but rather by the nation at large.
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Globalization and Mass Politics: Retaining the Room to Maneuver
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On the impact of demographic change on economic growth and poverty
TL;DR: The authors found that an increase in the working-age population share and a reduction in the child dependency ratio are associated with an increase of gross domestic product per capita growth, with similarly positive effects on poverty reduction.
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The Political and Economic Consequences of Populist Rule in Latin America
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TL;DR: This article conducted the most comprehensive large-N cross-national test of the consequences of populist rule to date using data on 19 Latin American states, and found that populism's implications are mostly negative: (1) populist regimes tend to erode institutional and legal constraints on executive authority; (2) participation rates are not higher under populist governments or for populist campaigners; and (3) populist rule is not associated with more redistribution than non-populist democratic rule.
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An Economic Theory of Democracy
TL;DR: Downs presents a rational calculus of voting that has inspired much of the later work on voting and turnout as discussed by the authors, particularly significant was his conclusion that a rational voter should almost never bother to vote.
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The Tacit Dimension
TL;DR: The Tacit Dimension, originally published in 1967, argues that such tacit knowledge - tradition, inherited practices, implied values, and prejudgments - is a crucial part of scientific knowledge.
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A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
TL;DR: The authors show that the Musgrave-Samuelson analysis, which is valid for federal expenditures, need not apply to local expenditures, and restate the assumptions made by Musgrave and Samuelson and the central problems with which they deal.