Intergovernmental Bargaining and Economic Policy in Federations --From Market-Preserving to Market-Distorting Federalism: Divergent Incentives and Economic Reform in Developing Nations --Federalism and the Decentralized Politics of Macroeconomic Policy and Performance --Testing the Model:...

What determines the relative strength of central and regional governments? Why do centers engage in more or less geographically based economic redistribution? And why do some centers redistribute from urban to rural areas while others do the opposite? This research answers these questions with...