This paper critically surveys the growing literature on the policy choices of local
governments. First, we identify various reasons for local government policy interactions …

This paper estimates the long-run effects of childhood Medicaid eligibility on adult health
and economic outcomes using the program's original introduction (1966–1970) and its …

A Spanish reform granted regions the authority to set income tax rates, resulting in
substantial tax differentials. Using administrative data, we find that conditional on moving …

We propose a difference-in-differences strategy to identify the existence of interjurisdictional
tax competition. Our strategy rests on differences between desired tax levels determined by …

This paper exploits the original introduction of Medicaid (1966-1970) and the federal
mandate that states cover all cash welfare recipients to estimate the effect of childhood …

This paper studies the interstate effects of decentralized taxation and spending when work-
from-home allows fully remote work from another state. In this setting, a state's population …

We provide novel evidence on the role of income taxes for housing rents and spatial sorting.
Drawing on comprehensive micro‐level data, we estimate the responsiveness of …

The 2009 federal minimum wage increase, which compressed cross-state differences in the
minimum wage, is used to investigate the claim that low-wage workers are attracted to …

We study the impact of taxation on the location choices of individuals and tax bases in Italy.
We exploit some recent tax decentralization reforms, which granted regions and …

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 …