Fiscal federalism concerns the division of policy responsibilities among different levels of
government. Many current economic and policy developments, such as globalization …

We use an instrumental-variables estimator reliant on variation in congressional
representation to analyze the effects of federal aid to state and local governments across all …

We establish a framework to quantify the welfare effects of decentralized policies. Local
policies result in benefit-spillovers, mobility of households and firms, and interjurisdictional …

This paper offers a comprehensive and updated review of the effects of intergovernmental
grants. We focus on the main findings in the existing literature on the effects of …

How freely can local jurisdictions change their taxes and spending? I propose an empirical
test of the effective degree of municipal fiscal autonomy by studying fiscal adjustments to a …

Inefficiencies from tax competition may result in governments seeking to limit fiscal
competition via tax treaties, harmonization, minimum tax rates, or interjurisdictional …

Intergovernmental fund transfers play an important role in equalizing public finances among
central and local governments. In Japan, the central government provides unconditional …

This paper investigates the income and substitution effects of intergovernmental grants. We
examine tax responses to the reform of a municipal-level transfer system in a Swiss canton …

This dissertation consists of three papers on local government finance and labor economics,
such as the impacts of intergovernmental fiscal transfer, information provision about the …