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dc.contributor.authorHammond, George W.en
dc.contributor.authorTosun, Mehmet Serkanen
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-18-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:05:07Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:05:07Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35994-
dc.description.abstractWe analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose governments per square mile have a positive impact on metropolitan population and employment growth, but no significant impact on nonmetropolitan counties. In contrast, the fragmentation of general-purpose governments per capita has a negative impact on employment and population growth in nonmetropolitan counties. Our results suggest that local government decentralization matters differently for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4574en
dc.subject.jelE62en
dc.subject.jelH7en
dc.subject.jelR11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordFiscal decentralizationen
dc.subject.keywordmetropolitanen
dc.subject.keywordnonmetropolitanen
dc.subject.keywordpopulationen
dc.subject.keywordemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordincomeen
dc.subject.keywordspatial econometricsen
dc.subject.stwFiskalische Dezentralisierungen
dc.subject.stwDezentralisierungen
dc.subject.stwRegionale Entwicklungen
dc.subject.stwRegionales Wachstumen
dc.subject.stwBallungsraumen
dc.subject.stwLändlicher Raumen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleThe impact of local decentralization on economic growth: evidence from U.S. counties-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn616679106en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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