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Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization in OECD Countries

Year 2022, , 291 - 328, 29.07.2022

Tuğba Berçintürk , Ahmet Burçin Yereli

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16

Abstract

With the idea that decentralised delivery of public goods and services increases economic efficiency and social welfare, activities are carried out in many countries to increase the share of lower-level governments in the fulfilment of economic functions. In this study, the effects of income, area, population, urbanisation, ethnic fractionalisation, human development, globalisation, institutional factors, income distribution, economic stability, and participatory budgeting on fiscal decentralisation are examined empirically using the data of OECD countries between 2000-2016 and the Panel Corrected Standard Errors method.

Keywords

Fiscal Decentralisation Human Development Participatory Budgeting

References

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  • Armey, L.E. & R.M. McNab (2018), “Expenditure Decentralization and Natural Resources”, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, (70), 52-61.
  • Arzaghi, M. & A. Balthrop (2018), “No Taxation, No Representation: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Natural Resources and Fiscal Decentralization”, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36(7), 1234-1255.
  • Arzaghi, M. & J.V. Henderson (2005), “Why Countries Are Fiscally Decentralizing”, Journal of Public Economics, 89(7), 1157-1189.
  • Asteriou, D. & S.G. Hall (2011), Applied Econometrics, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Bahl, R. & S. Nath (1986), “Public Expenditure Decentralization in Developing Countries”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 4(4), 405-418.
  • Baltagi, B.H. (2005), Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
  • Benk, S. & T. Akdemir (2004), “Globalleşme ve Ekonomik Değişim”, Çimento İşveren Dergisi, 18(1), 12-27.
  • Boadway, R. & S. Dougherty (2018), “Decentralisation in a Globalised World: Consequences and Opportunities”, OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism, OECD.
  • Bodman, P. & A. Hodge (2010), “What Drives Fiscal Decentralisation? Further Assessing the Role of Income”, Fiscal Studies, 31(3), 373-404.
  • Buchanan, J.M. (1965), The Public Finances, Richard D. Irwin Inc.
  • Bülbül, D. (2013), “Yerel Yönetimlerde Yeni Bir Finansman Yöntemi: Günah Vergileri”, Vergi Sorunları Dergisi, 294(167), 166-170.
  • Canavire-Bacarreza, G. & J. Martinez-Vazquez (2012), Reexamining the Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization: What Is The Role of Geography?, International Center for Public Policy.
  • CLG (2008), Participatory Budgeting: A Draft National Strategy, London, England: Department for Communities and Local Government.
  • Çobanoğulları, G. & A.B. Yereli (2017), “Katılımcı Demokrasi ve Bütçeleme”, Sosyoekonomi, 25(31), 109-125.
  • De Mello, L. & J.T. Jalles (2019), “The Global Crisis And Intergovernmental Relations: Centralization Versus Decentralization 10 Years On”, Regional Studies, 54(7), 1-16.
  • De Mello, L. (2005), “Globalization and Fiscal Federalism: Does Openness Constraint Subnational Budget”, Public Budgeting & Finance, 25(1), 1-14.
  • Ermini, B. & R. Santolini (2014), “Does Globalization Matter on Fiscal Decentralization? New Evidence from the OECD”, Global Economic Review, 43(2), 153-183.
  • Faguet, J.-P. (2014), “Decentralization and Governance”, World Development, 53(C), 2-13.
  • Garrett, G. & J. Rodden (2006), “Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization”, in: D.R. Cameron et al. (eds.), Globalization and Self-Determination: Is the Nation-State Under Siege?, Routledge.
  • Gujarati, D.N. & D.C. Porter (2009), Basic Econometrics, Mc Graw Hill.
  • Gygli, S. et al. (2019), “The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited”, The Review of International Organizations, 14(3), 543-574.
  • Holcombe, R.G. (2006), Public Sector Economics The Role of Government in the American Economy, New Jersey: Pearson.
  • Jametti, M. & M. Joanis (2016), “Electoral Competition as a Determinant of Fiscal Decentralisation”, Fiscal Studies, 37(2), 285-300.
  • Jilek, M. (2018), “Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization-the Recent Evidence in European Countries”, in: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Public Finance 2018, Prague.
  • Kaufmann, D. et al. (2010), “The Worldwide Governance Indicators: A Summary of Methodology, Data and Analytical Issues”, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper.
  • Kee, W.S. (1977), “Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Development”, Public Finance Quarterly, 5(1), 79-97.
  • Krenjova, J. & R. Raudla (2013), “Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level: Challenges and Opportunities for New Democracies”, Administrative Culture, 14(1), 18-46.
  • Krugman, P.R. (1993), Geography and Trade, MIT.
  • Kyriacou, A.P. et al. (2017), “Regional Inequalities, Fiscal Decentralization and Government Quality”, Regional Studies, 51(6), 945-957.
  • Letelier-Saavedra, L. (2005), “Explaining Fiscal Decentralization”, Public Finance Review, 33(2), 155-183.
  • Letelier-Saavedra, L.E. & J.L. Sáez-Lozano (2015), “Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government: an Empirical Evaluation Using Country Panel Data”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 33(6), 1344-1360.
  • Maličká, L. & S. Martinková (2018), “Fiscal Decentralization Determinants: Analysis of the EU Countries’Clustered Sample in Period 1995-2015”, Economie a Management, 21(2), 157-171.
  • Musgrave, R. & P. Musgrave (1989), Public Finance in Theory and Practice (5th ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
  • Oates, W.E. (1972), Fiscal Federalism, New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
  • Panizza, U. (1999), “On The Determinants of Fiscal Centralization: Theory and Evidence”, Journal of Public Economics, (74), 97-139.
  • Peacock, A.T. & J. Wiseman (1961), The Growth of Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom, Princeton University Press.
  • Pommerehne, W.W. (1976), “Quantitative Aspects of Federalism: A Study of Six Countries”, Discussion Paper Series, No. 74, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics.
  • Pryor, F.L. (1967), “Elements of a Positive Theory of Public Expenditures”, FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis, 26(3), 405-430.
  • Rodrik, D. (1998), “Why do More Open Economies Have Bigger Governments?”, Journal of Political Economy, 106(5), 997-1032.
  • Sacchi, A. & S. Salotti (2016), “A Comprehensive Analysis of Expenditure Decentralization and of the Composition of Local Public Spending”, Regional Studies, 50(1), 93-109.
  • Sintomer, Y. et al. (2008), “Participatory Budgeting in Europe: Potentials and Challenges”, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 32(1), 164-178.
  • Smoke, P. (2004, September 20-21), “Fiscal Decentralization for Good Governance and Effective Service Delivery”, in: First Conference of the European and African Regional Assemblies, Florence, Italy.
  • Solt, F. (2020), “Measuring Income Inequality Across Countries and Over Time: The Standardized World Income Inequality Database”, Social Science Quarterly, 101(3), 1183-1199.
  • Stegarescu, D. (2005), “Decentralised Government in an Integrating World, Quantitative Studies for OECD Countries”, ZEW Economic Studies, 34, 41-80.
  • Stegarescu, D. (2009), “The Effects of Economic and Political Integration on Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from OECD Countries”, Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(2), 694-718.
  • Stiglitz, J.E. & J.K. Rosendard (2015), Economics of the Public Sector, 4th ed. New York, London, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
  • Tiebout, C.M. (1956), “A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures”, The Journal of Political Economy, 64(5), 416-424.
  • Treisman, D. (2006), “Explaining Fiscal Decentralisation: Geography, Colonial History, Economic Development and Political Institutions”, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 44(3), 289-325.
  • Ulusoy, A. & T. Akdemir (2013), “Yerel Yönetimlerin Finansman Sorunlarının Çözümünde Motorlu Taşıtlar Vergisi Önerisi”, Sosyoekonomi, 19(19), 87-116.
  • Ulusoy, A. & T. Akdemir (2014), Mahalli İdareler Teori-Uygulama-Maliye, Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi.
  • UNDP (2019), United Nations Development Programme Human Development Reports, <http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi>, 02.03.2021.
  • Wallis, J.J. & W.E. Oates (1988), “Decentralization in the Public Sector: An Empirical Study of State and Local Government”, in: H.S. Rosen (ed.), Fiscal Federalism: Quantitative Studies (5-32), Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Wampler, B. (2007), “A Guide to Participatory Budgeting”, in: Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series, Washington: The World Bank.
  • Wasylenko, M. (1987), “Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Development”, Public Budgeting & Finance, 7(4), 57-71.
  • Yereli, A.B. (2005), “Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Competition in Turkey”, South-East Europe Review, 8(1), 19-38.

OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri

Year 2022, , 291 - 328, 29.07.2022

Tuğba Berçintürk , Ahmet Burçin Yereli

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16

Abstract

Kamusal mal ve hizmetlerin yerel düzeyde sunulmasının ekonomik etkinlik ve sosyal refah düzeyini artıracağı düşüncesiyle birlikte birçok ülkede yerel yönetimlerin ekonomik fonksiyonlarını artırmaya yönelik çalışmalar gerçekleştirilmektedir. Bu araştırmada gelir, alan büyüklüğü, nüfus, kentleşme, etnik çeşitlilik, insani gelişme, küreselleşme, kurumsal faktörler, gelir dağılımı, ekonomik istikrar ve katılımcı bütçelemenin mali yerelleşme üzerindeki etkisi OECD ülkelerinin 2000-2016 yılları arasındaki verileri kullanılarak ve Panel Düzeltilmiş Standart Hatalar yöntemi ile ampirik olarak hesaplanmaya çalışılmıştır.

Keywords

Mali Yerelleşme İnsani Gelişme Katılımcı Bütçeleme

References

  • Alexeev, M. & A. Mamedov (2017), “Factors Determining Intra-Regional Fiscal Decentralization in Russia and The US”, Russian Journal of Economics, 3(4), 425-444.
  • Armey, L.E. & R.M. McNab (2018), “Expenditure Decentralization and Natural Resources”, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, (70), 52-61.
  • Arzaghi, M. & A. Balthrop (2018), “No Taxation, No Representation: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Natural Resources and Fiscal Decentralization”, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36(7), 1234-1255.
  • Arzaghi, M. & J.V. Henderson (2005), “Why Countries Are Fiscally Decentralizing”, Journal of Public Economics, 89(7), 1157-1189.
  • Asteriou, D. & S.G. Hall (2011), Applied Econometrics, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Bahl, R. & S. Nath (1986), “Public Expenditure Decentralization in Developing Countries”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 4(4), 405-418.
  • Baltagi, B.H. (2005), Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
  • Benk, S. & T. Akdemir (2004), “Globalleşme ve Ekonomik Değişim”, Çimento İşveren Dergisi, 18(1), 12-27.
  • Boadway, R. & S. Dougherty (2018), “Decentralisation in a Globalised World: Consequences and Opportunities”, OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism, OECD.
  • Bodman, P. & A. Hodge (2010), “What Drives Fiscal Decentralisation? Further Assessing the Role of Income”, Fiscal Studies, 31(3), 373-404.
  • Buchanan, J.M. (1965), The Public Finances, Richard D. Irwin Inc.
  • Bülbül, D. (2013), “Yerel Yönetimlerde Yeni Bir Finansman Yöntemi: Günah Vergileri”, Vergi Sorunları Dergisi, 294(167), 166-170.
  • Canavire-Bacarreza, G. & J. Martinez-Vazquez (2012), Reexamining the Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization: What Is The Role of Geography?, International Center for Public Policy.
  • CLG (2008), Participatory Budgeting: A Draft National Strategy, London, England: Department for Communities and Local Government.
  • Çobanoğulları, G. & A.B. Yereli (2017), “Katılımcı Demokrasi ve Bütçeleme”, Sosyoekonomi, 25(31), 109-125.
  • De Mello, L. & J.T. Jalles (2019), “The Global Crisis And Intergovernmental Relations: Centralization Versus Decentralization 10 Years On”, Regional Studies, 54(7), 1-16.
  • De Mello, L. (2005), “Globalization and Fiscal Federalism: Does Openness Constraint Subnational Budget”, Public Budgeting & Finance, 25(1), 1-14.
  • Ermini, B. & R. Santolini (2014), “Does Globalization Matter on Fiscal Decentralization? New Evidence from the OECD”, Global Economic Review, 43(2), 153-183.
  • Faguet, J.-P. (2014), “Decentralization and Governance”, World Development, 53(C), 2-13.
  • Garrett, G. & J. Rodden (2006), “Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization”, in: D.R. Cameron et al. (eds.), Globalization and Self-Determination: Is the Nation-State Under Siege?, Routledge.
  • Gujarati, D.N. & D.C. Porter (2009), Basic Econometrics, Mc Graw Hill.
  • Gygli, S. et al. (2019), “The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited”, The Review of International Organizations, 14(3), 543-574.
  • Holcombe, R.G. (2006), Public Sector Economics The Role of Government in the American Economy, New Jersey: Pearson.
  • Jametti, M. & M. Joanis (2016), “Electoral Competition as a Determinant of Fiscal Decentralisation”, Fiscal Studies, 37(2), 285-300.
  • Jilek, M. (2018), “Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization-the Recent Evidence in European Countries”, in: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Public Finance 2018, Prague.
  • Kaufmann, D. et al. (2010), “The Worldwide Governance Indicators: A Summary of Methodology, Data and Analytical Issues”, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper.
  • Kee, W.S. (1977), “Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Development”, Public Finance Quarterly, 5(1), 79-97.
  • Krenjova, J. & R. Raudla (2013), “Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level: Challenges and Opportunities for New Democracies”, Administrative Culture, 14(1), 18-46.
  • Krugman, P.R. (1993), Geography and Trade, MIT.
  • Kyriacou, A.P. et al. (2017), “Regional Inequalities, Fiscal Decentralization and Government Quality”, Regional Studies, 51(6), 945-957.
  • Letelier-Saavedra, L. (2005), “Explaining Fiscal Decentralization”, Public Finance Review, 33(2), 155-183.
  • Letelier-Saavedra, L.E. & J.L. Sáez-Lozano (2015), “Fiscal Decentralization in Specific Areas of Government: an Empirical Evaluation Using Country Panel Data”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 33(6), 1344-1360.
  • Maličká, L. & S. Martinková (2018), “Fiscal Decentralization Determinants: Analysis of the EU Countries’Clustered Sample in Period 1995-2015”, Economie a Management, 21(2), 157-171.
  • Musgrave, R. & P. Musgrave (1989), Public Finance in Theory and Practice (5th ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
  • Oates, W.E. (1972), Fiscal Federalism, New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
  • Panizza, U. (1999), “On The Determinants of Fiscal Centralization: Theory and Evidence”, Journal of Public Economics, (74), 97-139.
  • Peacock, A.T. & J. Wiseman (1961), The Growth of Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom, Princeton University Press.
  • Pommerehne, W.W. (1976), “Quantitative Aspects of Federalism: A Study of Six Countries”, Discussion Paper Series, No. 74, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics.
  • Pryor, F.L. (1967), “Elements of a Positive Theory of Public Expenditures”, FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis, 26(3), 405-430.
  • Rodrik, D. (1998), “Why do More Open Economies Have Bigger Governments?”, Journal of Political Economy, 106(5), 997-1032.
  • Sacchi, A. & S. Salotti (2016), “A Comprehensive Analysis of Expenditure Decentralization and of the Composition of Local Public Spending”, Regional Studies, 50(1), 93-109.
  • Sintomer, Y. et al. (2008), “Participatory Budgeting in Europe: Potentials and Challenges”, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 32(1), 164-178.
  • Smoke, P. (2004, September 20-21), “Fiscal Decentralization for Good Governance and Effective Service Delivery”, in: First Conference of the European and African Regional Assemblies, Florence, Italy.
  • Solt, F. (2020), “Measuring Income Inequality Across Countries and Over Time: The Standardized World Income Inequality Database”, Social Science Quarterly, 101(3), 1183-1199.
  • Stegarescu, D. (2005), “Decentralised Government in an Integrating World, Quantitative Studies for OECD Countries”, ZEW Economic Studies, 34, 41-80.
  • Stegarescu, D. (2009), “The Effects of Economic and Political Integration on Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from OECD Countries”, Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(2), 694-718.
  • Stiglitz, J.E. & J.K. Rosendard (2015), Economics of the Public Sector, 4th ed. New York, London, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
  • Tiebout, C.M. (1956), “A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures”, The Journal of Political Economy, 64(5), 416-424.
  • Treisman, D. (2006), “Explaining Fiscal Decentralisation: Geography, Colonial History, Economic Development and Political Institutions”, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 44(3), 289-325.
  • Ulusoy, A. & T. Akdemir (2013), “Yerel Yönetimlerin Finansman Sorunlarının Çözümünde Motorlu Taşıtlar Vergisi Önerisi”, Sosyoekonomi, 19(19), 87-116.
  • Ulusoy, A. & T. Akdemir (2014), Mahalli İdareler Teori-Uygulama-Maliye, Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi.
  • UNDP (2019), United Nations Development Programme Human Development Reports, <http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi>, 02.03.2021.
  • Wallis, J.J. & W.E. Oates (1988), “Decentralization in the Public Sector: An Empirical Study of State and Local Government”, in: H.S. Rosen (ed.), Fiscal Federalism: Quantitative Studies (5-32), Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Wampler, B. (2007), “A Guide to Participatory Budgeting”, in: Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series, Washington: The World Bank.
  • Wasylenko, M. (1987), “Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Development”, Public Budgeting & Finance, 7(4), 57-71.
  • Yereli, A.B. (2005), “Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Competition in Turkey”, South-East Europe Review, 8(1), 19-38.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Economics
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Tuğba Berçintürk 0000-0001-9667-1244

Ahmet Burçin Yereli 0000-0002-8746-6756

Publication Date July 29, 2022
Submission Date July 14, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022

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APA Berçintürk, T., & Yereli, A. B. (2022). OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri. Sosyoekonomi, 30(53), 291-328. https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16
AMA Berçintürk T, Yereli AB. OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri. Sosyoekonomi. July 2022;30(53):291-328. doi:10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16
Chicago Berçintürk, Tuğba, and Ahmet Burçin Yereli. “OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri”. Sosyoekonomi 30, no. 53 (July 2022): 291-328. https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16.
EndNote Berçintürk T, Yereli AB (July 1, 2022) OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri. Sosyoekonomi 30 53 291–328.
IEEE T. Berçintürk and A. B. Yereli, “OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri”, Sosyoekonomi, vol. 30, no. 53, pp. 291–328, 2022, doi: 10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16.
ISNAD Berçintürk, Tuğba - Yereli, Ahmet Burçin. “OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri”. Sosyoekonomi 30/53 (July 2022), 291-328. https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16.
JAMA Berçintürk T, Yereli AB. OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri. Sosyoekonomi. 2022;30:291–328.
MLA Berçintürk, Tuğba and Ahmet Burçin Yereli. “OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri”. Sosyoekonomi, vol. 30, no. 53, 2022, pp. 291-28, doi:10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2022.03.16.
Vancouver Berçintürk T, Yereli AB. OECD Ülkelerinde Mali Yerelleşmenin Belirleyenleri. Sosyoekonomi. 2022;30(53):291-328.