Barry Weingast
In order understand the comparative theory of federal performance, the author develops a set of
- 10/29/2001
- Working Paper
Publication Results
Francisco Ferreira
This short note asks where support for decentralization of taxation and spending decisions should come
- 10/29/2001
- Working Paper
Yingyi Qian
This essay argues that appropriate assessment of the role of decentralization in China requires careful
- 10/29/2001
- Working Paper
Mariano Tommasi
These notes focus on the revenue side of fiscal federalism (tax assignments), intergovernmental transfers, and
- 10/29/2001
- Working Paper
It is widely accepted, not least in the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO),
- 10/01/2001
- Network Papers
Jan Svejnar
Nandini Gupta
John Ham
While privatization of state-owned enterprises has been one of the most important aspects of the
- 09/01/2001
- Network Papers
David Newbery
The new conventional wisdom is that network utilities should be unbundled, with the potentially competitive
- 08/25/2001
- Network Papers
Gerard Caprio
Ross Levine
James Barth
This paper draws on our new database on bank regulation and supervision in 107 countries
- 08/01/2001
- Network Papers
Michael Ward
Yuri Dikhanov
This paper attempts to reconstruct the complex nature of global income distribution duringthe later part
- 08/01/2001
- Network Papers
In the Asian crisis of 1997-98 some countries followed IMF prescriptions for stabilization and recovery.
- 06/01/2001
- Network Papers
William Megginson
Jeffry Netter
This study surveys the literature examining the privatization of state-owned enterprises(SOEs). We overview the history
- 04/01/2001
- Network Papers
Gerard Caprio
Understanding just how finance contributes to development—and how good policy can help guarantee its contribution—has
- 03/01/2001
- Network Papers