Abstract
Abstract Federal design matters—but how? Federalism research has addressed the longstanding question whether federalism is linked with economic growth, but with differing results. In this study, I address the possible linkage using measures from the empirically rich Regional Authority Index. Examining federalism over time across approximately seventy nations, I evaluate the conceptually distinct expectations of self-rule and shared-rule federalism on several measures of economic development. The results fail to find an association between either self-rule or shared-rule and economic development, supporting the argument that the linkage is weak or even nonexistent.
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