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Domestic factors are usually linked with local and regional government activities and reforms.1 However, external factors do condition such activities and reforms, especially in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Cross-border cooperation, economic inter-dependence, EU policies and globalization affect both the degree of control central governments can exercise over sub-national units, and conversely the degree of autonomy these units can acquire. In some instances external influence is enhancing the autonomy of local and regional governments, while in others the reverse is happening, as, for example, with regard to EMU, which will give central governments or central banks a degree of influence.
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Kirchner, E. (1999). The Role of the EU in Local and Regional Government. In: Kirchner, E.J. (eds) Decentralization and Transition in the Visegrad. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374645_11
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