Board #41 - Bureaucratic Interests - Does Fiscal Decentralization Impede Efficient Governance?

• In Event: 75-305 - Poster Session: Bureaucratic Responses to Emerging Problems

Brief Overview

Explored how fiscal decentralization impacts administrative unit reform, using a game theory model and a rich dataset.It argues that decentralization strengthens bureaucratic interests, hindering reforms that aim to reduce redundant government units.

Author

• Yuxing (Nemo) Chen, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor