paper compares three regimes (centralization, decentralization and federalism) in an economy where individuals choose their … move from decentralization to federalism, called moral federalism, is welfare improving behind the veil of ignorance if and … only if centralization dominates decentralization, and (ii) for the group that favors a restrictive policy moral federalism …

This paper builds on institutional analysis to generate new conclusions about the economic viability of federalism. It … does so by suggesting that Weingast´s seminal model of marketpreserving federalism falls short of accounting for the poor … results but also that they have a mutually-reinforcing relationship with regionalized patronage. -- Federalism ; legislative …

The recently enacted reform of German federalism is supposed to make legislation "faster, more efficient and better …

constitutional rules of fiscal federalism. This requires a policy of reform of the federation to have a long-term strategic …