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 …

English summary: Lars P. Feld evaluates the economic arguments for or against tax
competition in a federal polity and summarizes the empirical evidence concerned with the …

This article revisits the influential “Leviathan” hypothesis, which posits that tax competition
limits the growth of government spending in decentralized countries. I use panel data to …

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 …

According to the Leviathan Model, fiscal federalism is a binding constraint on revenue‐
maximizing government. The competitive pressure of fiscal federalism reduces public sector …

Sažetak Within the public choice framework, it has been argued that decentralised authority
over the provision and financing of certain public goods and services induces competitive …

economies, the world has witnessed an upheaval against concentration of power in the
central government. According to Dillinger (1994), most of the developing and transitional …

In the last two decades there has been a worldwide interest in decentralization of
government in all parts of the world. The pursuit of decentralization is widespread, as both …

Thorough and authoritative, Regional and Urban Economics and Economic Development:
Theory and Methods provides students with a sound approach to analyzing the economic …

Prior analyses of the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the size of government
treat fiscal decentralization as the decentralization of either taxing or spending powers. But …