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100			_aAkai, Nobuo
245			_aFiscal decentralization contributes to economic growth: evidence from state-level cross-section data for the United States
260			_c2002
300			_ap.93-108.
362			_aJul
520			_aThis paper provides new evidence that fiscal decentralization contributes to economic growth, in contrast to previous studies that have denied such a contribution. Our new state-level data for the United States enable us to estimate the effect of fiscal decentralization more objectively than previously, because the data set exhibits little cultural, historical, and institutional variation. We also provide the finding that the definition of fiscal decentralization is important in relation to the effect of fiscal decentralization on economic growth. (c) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved. - Reproduced.
650			_aEconomic growth - United States
650			_aEconomic growth
700			_aSakata, Masayo
773			_aJournal of Urban Economics
909			_a53385
999			_c53385 _d53385