Is decentralization really welfare enhancing? Empirical evidence from survey data (1994-2011).

Autor/inn/en	Espasa, Marta; Esteller-Moré, Alejandro; Mora, Toni
Titel	Is decentralization really welfare enhancing? Empirical evidence from survey data (1994-2011). Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Steigert Dezentralisierung die Wohlfahrt? Empirische Erkenntnisse aus Befragungsdaten (1994-2011).
Quelle	In: Kyklos : international review for social sciences, 70 (2017) 2, S. 189-219 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-5962; 1467-6435
DOI	10.1111/kykl.12135
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildung; Bildungspolitik; Föderalismus; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Regionalpolitik; Spanien; Steuerpolitik; Justiz; Bildungspolitik; Gesundheitspolitik; Ausgaben; Finanzpolitik; Regionalpolitik; Gesundheitspolitik; Föderalismus; Haushaltspolitik; Ausgaben; Finanzpolitik; Steuerpolitik; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Dezentralisierung; Justiz; Spanien
Abstract	"Decentralization is believed to constitute the optimal institutional arrangement for the provision of public expenditure. In contrast to centralization, it is thought to offer a better match between the provision of public services and individual preferences. We test this fundamental hypothesis propounded by the fiscal federalism literature by analyzing the process of decentralization undergone by Spain since the beginning of the 1980s. We exploit survey data in which respondents (coded according to their region of residence) are asked about their level of satisfaction with the provision of public goods. A higher degree of satisfaction is expressed when responsibility for education and health expenditure is assigned to the intermediate tier of government rather than to central government. This level of satisfaction, however, is not recorded in the case of Spain's largest regions. Likewise, the simultaneous presence of tax revenue decentralization does not guarantee further welfare gains. In the case of the administration of justice -- where the nature of the responsibility assigned to some regional governments is of a merely administrative nature -- decentralization does not appear to have any impact on the level of satisfaction expressed." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/4