Economic globalization and decentralization: a centrifugal or centripetal relationship?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Economic globalization and decentralization

T2 - a centrifugal or centripetal relationship?

AU - Jurado, Ignacio

AU - León, Sandra

N1 - © 2020 The Authors

PY - 2020/5/4

Y1 - 2020/5/4

N2 - One of the most significant economic trends in the last decades has been the integration of countries in international markets. What have been the consequences of global economic integration upon the territorial organization of the states? Has it contributed to centralize powers or to further decentralization? The literature so far has provided inconclusive evidence. In this paper we shed new light on the relationship between economic globalization and territorial politics by using a varied source of data such as the Regional Authority Index, and the KOF indices of globalization for the period 1970-2010. Results show that economic globalization is positively associated to decentralization, particularly in those countries with more regionalist parties and where levels of inequality are lower. Conversely, higher levels of regional inequality can revert the effect.

AB - One of the most significant economic trends in the last decades has been the integration of countries in international markets. What have been the consequences of global economic integration upon the territorial organization of the states? Has it contributed to centralize powers or to further decentralization? The literature so far has provided inconclusive evidence. In this paper we shed new light on the relationship between economic globalization and territorial politics by using a varied source of data such as the Regional Authority Index, and the KOF indices of globalization for the period 1970-2010. Results show that economic globalization is positively associated to decentralization, particularly in those countries with more regionalist parties and where levels of inequality are lower. Conversely, higher levels of regional inequality can revert the effect.

KW - Economic Globalization

KW - Decentralization

KW - Regionalist voting

KW - Regional inequality

U2 - 10.1111/gove.12496

DO - 10.1111/gove.12496

M3 - Article

SN - 0952-1895

VL - 0

JO - Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions

JF - Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions

M1 - 12496

ER -