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Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mahmood Ahmad
Shandong University of Technology
2
David R. Agrawal
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
3
Martin Beraja
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4
Anupriya Khan
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
5
Don MacLean
HEC Montréal
6
Fengxiu Zhou
Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University
7
Iyad Dhaoui
Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies
8
Oyebola Okunogbe
World Bank Group
9
Mitra Akhtari
University of California, Berkeley
10
Shaoda Wang
University of Chicago

Rising Stars Papers

1
Policy Experimentation in China: The Political Economy of Policy Learning
Journal of Political Economy|2025
79 cit.
2
Fintech, natural resources management, green energy transition, and ecological footprint: Empirical insights from EU countries
Resources Policy|2024
77 cit.
3
New-type infrastructure and urban economic resilience: Evidence from China
International Review of Economics & Finance|2024
49 cit.
4
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics
The Journal of Economic Perspectives|2024
42 cit.
5
Fiscal Federalism in the Twenty-First Century
Annual Review of Economics|2024
35 cit.
6
Impact of digital climate governance on carbon neutrality in China: A framework for carbon technological progress
Technology in Society|2025
29 cit.
7
Fuelling the low-carbon transportation sector in emerging economies: Role of institutional quality, environmental tax, green technology innovation and biofuel
Transport Policy|2025
24 cit.
8
Wealth Tax Mobility and Tax Coordination
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
21 cit.
9
Regional digital infrastructure and carbon neutrality: A technology–structure–efficiency perspective
Energy Strategy Reviews|2024
20 cit.
10
Digital inclusive finance and energy poverty: Empirical evidence from China
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews|2024
19 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Nathalie Haug
University of Konstanz
2
Pengfei Zhang
Jimei University
3
Cynthia L. Michel
Hertie School
4
Marcello Schiavina
Leefmilieu Brussel
5
Stefaan Walgrave
University of Antwerp
6
Niccolò Tempini
University of Exeter
7
Bakalikwira Lasuli
Makerere University
8
Averill Campion
Esade
9
Asif Razzaq
Urumqi Vocational University
10
Ranvinderjit Kaur
Punjabi University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Digital finance and green growth in China: Appraising inclusive digital finance using web crawler technology and big data
Technological Forecasting and Social Change|2022
290 cit.
2
Asymmetric influence of digital finance, and renewable energy technology innovation on green growth in China
Renewable Energy|2022
264 cit.
3
Pollution Haven or Halo? How European countries leverage FDI, energy, and human capital to alleviate their ecological footprint
Gondwana Research|2023
199 cit.
4
Composite fiscal decentralisation and green innovation: Imperative strategy for institutional reforms and sustainable development in <scp>OECD</scp> countries
Sustainable Development|2022
159 cit.
5
Dynamic and threshold effects of energy transition and environmental governance on green growth in COP26 framework
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews|2023
156 cit.
6
How do natural resources, digitalization, and institutional governance contribute to ecological sustainability through load capacity factors in highly resource-consuming economies?
Resources Policy|2022
154 cit.
7
Asymmetric effects of high-tech industry and renewable energy on consumption-based carbon emissions in MINT countries
Renewable Energy|2022
138 cit.
8
Central inspections of environmental protection and transition for low-carbon Chinese cities: Policy intervention and mechanism analysis
Energy Economics|2023
128 cit.
9
Sustainable organizational performance through blockchain technology adoption and knowledge management in China
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge|2022
118 cit.
10
Land use efficiency of functional urban areas: Global pattern and evolution of development trajectories
Habitat International|2022
104 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Li‐An Zhou
Peking University
2
Heng‐Fu Zou
World Bank
3
Barry R. Weingast
Stanford University
4
George Tsebelis
University of California, Los Angeles
5
Gérard Roland
Université Libre de Bruxelles
6
James A. Robinson
University of Nigeria
7
Guido Tabellini
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
8
Romain Wacziarg
Stanford University
9
Jan Teorell
Lund University
10
Dilip Mookherjee
Boston University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
American Economic Review|2001
8.3k cit.
2
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
American Economic Review|2012
6.1k cit.
3
Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England
The Journal of Economic History|1989
5.3k cit.
4
Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy
Southern Economic Journal|2002
3.9k cit.
5
Political turnover and economic performance: the incentive role of personnel control in China
Journal of Public Economics|2004
3.6k cit.
6
Veto Players. How Political Institutions Work
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas|2003
3.4k cit.
7
Fractionalization
Journal of Economic Growth|2003
3.3k cit.
8
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
SSRN Electronic Journal|2000
2.7k cit.
9
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|2002
2.7k cit.
10
Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartyism
British Journal of Political Science|1995
2.6k cit.

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