Commentary
Theme issue: The political and economic consequences of decentralization
Guest editors: Ignacio Lago-Peñas, Santiago Lago-Peñas, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Guest editorial
Fiscal and political decentralization and government quality 204 – 223
Andreas P Kyriacou, Oriol Roca-Sagalés
Fiscal federalism and long-run macroeconomic performance: a survey of recent research 224 – 243
Lars P Feld, Jan Schnellenbach
Decentralization and the nationalization of party systems 244 – 263
Ignacio Lago-Peñas, Santiago Lago-Peñas
Tax assignment: does the practice match the theory? 264 – 280
Roy Bahl, Musharraf Cyan
Editors' choice
Decentralization and voter turnout 297 – 320
André Blais, Eva Anduiza, Aina Gallego
The consequences of fiscal decentralization on poverty and income equality 321 – 343
Cristian F Sepulveda, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Decentralization and corruption: new cross-country evidence 344 – 362
Maksym Ivanyna, Anwar Shah
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Infrastructure procurement: learning from private – public partnership experiences ‘down under’ 363 – 378
Michael Regan, Jim Smith, Peter Love
Reviews 379 – 380
Mirumachi on Bakker: Privatizing water: governance failure and the world’s urban water crisis