Local and regional decentralization as strategic alternatives

• In Event: Institutional Design and Welfare Provision

Brief Overview

Why have most countries decentralized at the local rather than the regional level? Our explanation considers the structure of incentives by the leader and conceptualizes local and regional decentralization as substitutes rather than complements.

Authors

• Joan Ricart-Huguet, Loyola University Maryland

• Emily A. Sellars, Yale University