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100			_aIm, Tobin
245			_aDoes decentralization reform always increase economic growth? A cross country comparison of the performance
260			_c2010
300			_ap.508-520.
362			_aAug
520			_aThis study aims to test the impact of decentralization on the economic growth of a country. Based on the longitudinal data set of 63 countries with a time series spanning 1960 to 2007, the test result reveals that there is a negative relationship both between fiscal decentralization and GDP growth and between political decentralization and GDP growth. In order to examine the different impacts of decentralization, the same analysis was applied to subsets of countries categorized into three groups according to the economic stage of the country. This further analysis found that there is a negative relationship between political decentralization and growth in developing countries, between fiscal decentralization and growth in semi-developed countries, but no relationship in developed countries. These results show that decentralization is not always instrumental in economic growth, which means that the time variable, or more precisely the stage of economic development of a country, is an important factor when introducing decentralization reforms. - Reproduced.
650			_aDecentralization
650			_aEconomic growth
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a88078
999			_c88078 _d88078