Does Decentralized Governance Lead to Less Scientific Output? A Fuzzy Set Analysis of Fiscal Decentralization and Determinants of National Innovation Capacity

Zupan, Blaž; Pustovrh, Aleš; Cankar, Stanka Setnikar

doi:10.4335/15.3.647-668(2017)

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“…The results also confirm the existence of spatial spillover for carbon emissions between regions and confirm the necessity and effectiveness of using spatial panel model analysis. This conclusion agrees well with Zhang et al (2011, Huang and Zhou (2014), Bellofatto and Besfamille (2015), Zupan et al (2017) and Zheng (2017). Fiscal decentralization reflects the degree of financial autonomy of local governments (Farzanegan and Mennel, 2012).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…explored that the Chinese style fiscal decentralization made the environmental policy significantly promote carbon emissions, leading to a green paradox. Zupan et al (2017) revealed the green paradox of local government exists in environmental governance under the effect of fiscal decentralization. Brännlund et al (2017)reported evidence of a negative direct effect of institutional quality on growth in per capita CO 2 emissions, especially for the global and high-income samples (Runar et al, 2017).…”

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“…Fiscal decentralization reflects the degree of financial autonomy of local governments (Farzanegan and Mennel, 2012). The higher the degree of fiscal decentralization is, local governments get greater fiscal autonomy, and will not adjust according to the incentives of the central government possibly (Bellofatto and Besfamille, 2015), and fiscal decentralization may increase environmental pollution such as per capita CO 2 emissions (Zupan et al, 2017). Especially in China, economic growth is the leading criterion for evaluating the performance of government officials (Liu et al, 2016;Zheng and Ye, 2017).…”

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Effects of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions in China

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Zhang

2020

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Purpose Fiscal fund is the key support of carbon emissions control for local governments. This paper aims to analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions by spatial Durbin model (SDM), and verify the existence of “free-riding” phenomenon to reveal the behavior of local governments in carbon emissions control. Design/methodology/approach Based on the provincial data of carbon emissions from 2005 to 2016 in China, this paper uses spatial exploratory data analysis technology to analyze the spatial correlation characteristics and constructs SDM to test the impact of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions. Findings The results show that carbon emissions exhibits significant spatial autocorrelation in China, and the increasing of fiscal decentralization in the region will increase carbon emissions in surrounding areas and on the whole. Then, by comparing the impact of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions and industrial solid waste, it is found that “free-riding” phenomenon of carbon emissions control exists in China. Practical implications Based on the spatial cluster characteristics of China’s provincial carbon emissions, carbon emissions control regions can be divided into regions and different carbon emission control policies can be formulated for different cluster regions. Carbon emissions indicators should be included in the government performance appraisal policy, and carbon emissions producer survey should be increased in environmental policies to avoid “free-riding” behaviors of local government in carbon emissions control in China. Originality/value This paper contributes to fill this gap and fully considers the spatial spillover characteristics of carbon emissions by introducing spatial exploratory data analysis technology, constructs SDM to test the impact of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions in the perspective of space econometrics, and tests the existence of “free-riding” phenomenon in carbon emissions control for local governments in China.

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Effects of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions in China

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Zhang

2020

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“…Each voivodeship has its endogenous potential, which, in connection with the exogenous potential and the ability to respond to changes in the environment, may constitute an opportunity for development. Endogenous factors (specific, unique, and corresponding to a given local system [ 102 ]) are the main driving force of regional development [ 103 , 104 ].…”

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Local Disproportions of Quality of Life and Their Influence on the Process of Green Economy Development in Polish Voivodships in 2010–2020

Drozdowski¹,

Dziekański²

2022

IJERPH

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Voivodships are centres of economic, social, and cultural life—they gather economic and social activities. This research aimed to evaluate the spatial differentiation of the quality of life in voivodships in Poland with the use of a synthetic measure. To achieve the research objective, the research methods used were literature analysis, statistical analysis, and synthetic measure. The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution method was used to build synthetic measures. The choice of variables in 2010–2020 was largely conditioned by the availability of data collected in the regional system at the level of voivodships at the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office. As a result of the analysis of voivodships in Poland, based on the quality of life measure, four groups were distinguished (according to the value of quartiles). In the group of the best voivodeships there were: Pomerania, Masovia, Lower Silesia, and West Pomeranian in 2010, and Masovia, Pomerania, Greater Poland, Lower Silesia, and Lesser Poland in 2020, and in the IV, the weakest group: Lodz Province, Podlasie Province, Lubusz Province, and Holy Cross in 2010, and Lodz Province, Podlasie Province, Holy Cross, and Lublin Province in 2020. The synthetic quality of life ranged from 0.37 to 0.56 in 2010 and from 0.39 to 0.64 in 2020. Regional authorities, taking care to improve economic potential, cause increasing the attractiveness of the area and attracting new entrepreneurs, create new jobs, and improve the quality of life of the inhabitants. Quality of life is shaped by economic activity and working conditions, health, education, free time and social relations, economic and physical security, and the quality of the natural environment. The results of the research conducted allow local governments to make comparisons. The conclusions drawn may allow them to identify potential directions for developing policy optimization.

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“…Vasylieva & Kasyanenko (2013) single out decentralization as one of the determinants of the country's innovative potential growth. Besides, Zupan, Pustovrh, & Cankar (2017), studying the decentralization impact on the state's innovative potential, point out that expenditure decentralization help to develop the infrastructure, which together with other economic factors, enables to provide the highest degree of the scientific and innovative activity. Singh (2018), analysing the regional disproportions and preconditions of the sustainable economic development in India, notes that the investment activity extension at the administrative formations level (especially in the innovative projects) acts as a trigger of the sustainable economic growth.…”

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Optimization of the financial decentralization level as an instrument for the country’s innovative economic development regulation

Vasylieva¹,

Harust²,

Vinnichenko³

et al. 2018

MMI

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This article generalizes arguments and counter-arguments within the scientific discussion regarding the determination of the optimal decentralization level, which will provide the country's innovative development, since the key task of decentralization has to be not only to expand the income and expenditure powers of the subnational formations but also to understand the final goal of this process-qualitative transformation of the country's economic system towards improving its innovativeness and competitiveness. Thus, the decentralization reform has to be the driver of the innovative economic development, which is the expected result of the managerial decision-making freedom increase at the local level, the subnational formations' financial self-sufficiency increase and more effective spending policy (expansion of the innovative projects financing amounts that will promote the sustainable economic growth). Systematization of the scientific works on the above problems proves that there is no one idea regarding the decentralization impact on the country's economic and innovative development among scientists. That is why it is urgent to continue the empirical searching in this area, that will enable to take into account the dual nature of consequences regarding the activation of the decentralization processes. The empirical study is carried out through using of the non-linear analysis form of dependence (GLM regression, which enables to identify the linear and nonlinear character of the relationship between variables) based on the panel data, formed for set of 23 states-OECD members

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Does Decentralized Governance Lead to Less Scientific Output? A Fuzzy Set Analysis of Fiscal Decentralization and Determinants of National Innovation Capacity

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Effects of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions in China

Effects of fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions in China

Local Disproportions of Quality of Life and Their Influence on the Process of Green Economy Development in Polish Voivodships in 2010–2020

Optimization of the financial decentralization level as an instrument for the country’s innovative economic development regulation

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