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Joseph Stiglitz Sovereign Debt This note describes the key economic issues in private sector default and the differences between 03/31/2002 Working Paper Publication Details >>
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Tim Besley Notes on Different Forms of Decentralization These notes on decentralization lay out some of the basic issues and develop a simple 10/29/2001 Working Paper Publication Details >>
Justin Lin Fiscal Decentralization in China This paper explores how fiscal decentralization was an important aspect of China's multi-faceted reform. 10/29/2001 Working Paper Publication Details >>
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Robin Burgess Notes on Empirical Evidence on the Impact of Decentralization These notes examine the economic and institutional arguments for decentralization as a means of identifying 10/29/2001 Working Paper Publication Details >>
Jean-Paul Faguet The Role of Civil Society in the Local Government Process This paper describes a simple, two-stage model of local government which deals with multi-dimensional policy 10/29/2001 Working Paper Publication Details >>
Barry Weingast A Political Approach to the Assignment of Powers in a Federal System In order understand the comparative theory of federal performance, the author develops a set of 10/29/2001 Working Paper Publication Details >>