Fiscal Federalism and Risk Sharing in Germany : The Role of Size Differences

We study the effect of size differences for an optimal risk sharing system of intergovernmental transfers in Germany. The German fiscal transfer system should account for the fact that an optimal insurance mechanism has the property that smaller states contribute a smaller share of their tax revenue to the redistribution mechanism

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Konrad, Kai A. ; Seitz, Helmut
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Risiko \| Risk \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Öffentliche Einnahmen \| Public revenue \| Landesgröße \| Country size \| Länderfinanzausgleich \| Horizontal fiscal transfers

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (22 p)
Series:	WZB Markets and Politics Working Paper ; No. FS IV 01 – 20
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 1, 2001 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1914361 [DOI]
Classification:	D70 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making. General ; H41 - Public Goods ; H77 - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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