01637cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011689 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463936464 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Eyraud, Luc. Fiscal Performance, Institutional Design and Decentralization in European Union Countries / Luc Eyraud, Anita Tuladhar, Julio Escolano, Marialuz Moreno Badia. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on overall fiscal performance in the European Union, taking into account fiscal institutional arrangements. We find that spending decentralization has been associated with sizably better fiscal performance, especially when transfer dependency of subnational governments is low. However, subnational fiscal rules do not seem to be associated with better performance. Mode of access: Internet Escolano, Julio. Moreno Badia, Marialuz. Tuladhar, Anita. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/045 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/045/001.2012.issue-045-en.xml IMF e-Library