This chapter reviews the literature on the boundary between urban economics and local
public finance, defined as research that considers both a housing market and the market for …

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 …

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 …

We present a model that links heterogeneity of preferences across ethnic groups in a city to
the amount and type of public goods the city supplies. We test the implications of the model …

Thriving markets require not only an appropriately designed economic system, but a secure
political foundation that limits the ability of the state to confiscate wealth. This requires a form …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical investigation of tax competition when voters
use the tax policy of neighboring jurisdictions as information to evaluate the performance of …

China's remarkable economic success rests on a foundation of political reform providing a
considerable degree of credible commitment to markets. This reform reflects a special type …

This paper studies the equilibrium determination of the number of countries in different
political regimes, and in different economic environments, with more or less economic …

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 …

Decentralization of fiscal activities has become popular in recent years. This approach to
intergovernmental finance can improve the allocation of public spending by making it more …