Public investment choices by local and central governments

This paper examines the impacts of devolving authority for public resource allocation to local governments in a setting of limited electoral control. Such a setting differs from that assumed by seminal formal models of devolution, but describes many developing countries. This study presents a formal...

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Main Authors:	Kosec, Katrina, Mogues, Tewodaj
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Oxford University Press 2020
Subjects:	central government public investment local government agricultural extension regression analysis water supply agriculture resource allocation decentralization devolution public services drinking water
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142934

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