01291nam a2200157 4500 507432 507432 190213b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Morozov, Boris 1651 Decentralization and economic growth: specification, measurement, and direction of causal relationship 2018 p.684-699. The concept of decentralization has attracted the attention of scholars and policy makers alike for number of decades. Yet, there still remains a significant amount of confusion over its measurement and its contribution to an economy. Current literature on decentralization is characterized by the multitude of conflicting definitions and measurement instruments. Current literature on the relationship of decentralization and economic growth is also mixed. This article builds on the existing literature and develops a decentralization index that includes its most frequently mentioned dimensions. We find that our newly developed index captures decentralization concept better than other tools and that there is no significant relationship between decentralization and economic growth. - Reproduced. Economic growth 1652 International Journal of Public Administration Decentralization ddc AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 381462 IIPA IIPA 2019-02-13 41(9), Jul, 2018: p.684-699. AR118886 2019-02-13 AR