This paper examines the empirical analysis of the five main hypotheses subsumed under
the generic term fiscal illusion. After placing these hypotheses within a common theoretical …

The prevailing belief is that local governments, which are closer to their citizens, can deliver
public goods much more efficiently than a central government can. Yet skeptics argue that …

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 happens to a state's spending when it receives an unconditional grant from the federal
government? The standard theoretical analysis predicts that the increase in spending will be …

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt investigates the effects of federal policy on the American South
from 1938 until 1980 and charts the close relationship between federal efforts to reform the …

Contrary to simple theoretical predictions, existing evidence suggests that federal grants do
not crowd out state government spending. A legislative bargaining model with endogenous …

Local Government Economics progresses on from the author's earlier book, Public Sector
Economics, addressing many of the same themes but at a more advanced level, and …

First published in 1984. This book brings together and develops the economic theory
relating to the design and operation of systems of non-central government—positing major …

The flypaper effect results when a dollar of exogenous grants-in-aid leads to significantly
greater public spending than an equivalent dollar of citizen income: Money sticks where it …

The fifth amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from taking
private property for public use without just compensation.'Prior to the landmark decision in …