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Validation of the Regional Authority Index

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: This article validates the Regional Authority Index (RAI) with seven widely used decentralization indices in the literature. A principal axis analysis reveals a common structure. The major source of disagreement between the RAI and the other indices stems from the fact that the RAI does not include local governance, whereas most other indices do. Two other sources of disagreement concern the treatment of federal versus non-federal countries, and countries which have recently regionalized and/or have asymmetrical regions, whereby the more fine-grained RAI captures greater variation. The second part of the article discusses content validity of fiscal indicators.

Source: Regional & Federal Studies

DOI: 10.1080/13597560801979498

Author: Arjan H. Schakel

Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2018547534

FWCI: 29.42

Cites: 37

Cited by: 60

Related to: 10