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The Effect of Decentralization on Economic Growth in Korea: The Role of the Implementation of Local Autonomy
- Authors
- Kim, Sangheon; Bae, Kwang Bin
- Issue Date
- Oct-2019
- Publisher
- INST LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT MARIBOR
- Keywords
- decentralization; economic growth; local autonomy; efficiency of resource allocation; Korea
- Citation
- LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT, v.17, no.4, pp 985 - 999
- Pages
- 15
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 985
- End Page
- 999
- ISSN
- 1581-5374
1855-363X
- Abstract
- This study examined the effect of decentralization on economic growth and, unlike previous studies, it also empirically analyzed how the implementation of local autonomy affects economic growth. Our analysis of government data from 16 metropolitan areas, covering the 1989-2012 period, indicated that decentralization has consistent positive effects on both the real and nominal gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate. These results imply that regional decentralization improves the efficiency of resource allocation in the public sector and thus contributes to economic growth.
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- Bae, Kwang Bin
- College of the Social Science (Division of Political Science and Public Administration)