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Title: Can the economic impact of political decentralisation be measured?

Author(s): Roberto Ezcurra and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Publication Date: January 2011

Keyword(s): economic growth, Europe, political decentralisation, regional disparities and regions

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: This paper examines whether, given the increasing salience of subnational governments, political decentralisation has an impact on overall economic performance. It uses panel data analyses in order to determine the association between a number of the different indices of political decentralisation developed over the last decade and a half with two basic measures of economic performance: changes in aggregate GDP per head and the evolution of within-country territorial inequalities. The results highlight that, in the case of economic growth, the perception we may have of how political decentralisation affects economic performance is highly contingent on the index we use, with results ranging from a mildly positive to a neutral influence of political decentralisation on economic growth. For regional inequalities, political decentralisation seems to lead to a rise in disparities, regardless of how political decentralisation is measured.

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Ezcurra, R and Rodríguez-Pose, A. 2011. 'Can the economic impact of political decentralisation be measured?'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8211