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creators_name: Auriol, Emmanuelle
creators_name: Dahmani-Scuitti, Anaïs
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title: Decentralization in Autocraties
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abstract: In a model featuring two regions—one affluent and the other impoverished—the allocation of public spending is examined under an initially centralized and autocratic political process. In a stable autocracy, the decision to implement decentralization reforms hinges on a tradeoff: while centralization enables the autocrat to extract higher rents, it also results in reduced productivity in the poor region. The autocrat opts for decentralization when the negative impact on productivity outweighs the benefits of rent extraction. Moreover, under the pressure of democratic movements and growing instability, an authoritarian regime may also pursue decentralization reforms to preserve its wealth from the decisions of the poor median voter.
date: 2025-02
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier
id_number: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104930
official_url: http://tse-fr.eu/pub/130115
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divisions: tse
keywords: Autocracy
keywords: Decentralization
keywords: Democartization
language: en
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doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104930
subjectsJEL: JEL_D02
subjectsJEL: JEL_D72
subjectsJEL: JEL_D74
subjectsJEL: JEL_O57
subjectsJEL: JEL_P48
view_date_year: 2025
full_text_status: none
publication: European Economic Review
volume: vol. 172
place_of_pub: Amsterdam
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issn: 0014-2921
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citation:   Auriol, EmmanuelleIdRef <https://www.idref.fr/076085341> and Dahmani-Scuitti, Anaïs  (2025) Decentralization in Autocraties.    European Economic Review, vol. 172.