Figueiredo, Rui J. P. de; McFaul, Michael; Weingast, … - In: Publius: The Journal of Federalism 37 (2007) 2, pp. 160-189
All federal systems face the two fundamental dilemmas of federalism: too strong a center risks overawing the subnational units; and too weak a center risks free-riding that makes the system fall apart. Resolving the two dilemmas is problematic because mitigating one dilemma exacerbates the...