Observed fiscal policy varies greatly across time and countries. How can we explain this
variation? This paper surveys the recent literature that has tried to answer this question. We …

The emerging economic federations of the European Union, Russia, and South Africa, along
with the established federations in Australia, Canada, and the United States, confront the …

As primeiras avaliações após a Constituição de 1988 foram de que a federação brasileira–
União, estados e municípios–, operando de forma descentralizada, fortaleceria a …

LS kk DECENTRALIZATION i 5 jn vogue. Both in the industrialized and in the developing
world, nations are turning to devolution to improve the performance of their public sectors. In …

This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). As
in the previous additions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include …

What determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public
goods provision, the burden of taxation across alternative tax bases, the size of government …

David Johnson and David Post argue that Cyberspace requires a system of rules quite
distinct from the laws that regulate physical, geographically-defined territories. Cyberspace …

Aligning the interests of local governments with market development is an important issue
for developing and transition economies. Using a panel data set from China, we investigate …

The authors of this timely and provocative book use the tools of economic analysis to
examine the formation and change of political borders. They argue that while these issues …

This paper takes a fresh look at the trade-off between centralized and decentralized
provision of local public goods. It argues that the sharing of the costs of local public …