We propose and test a positive model of fiscal federalism in which centralization is less likely to occur in jurisdictions with referendum decisions on policy centralization. Citizens choose centralization of public spending and revenue in order to internalize spillovers if individual...

Die Schaffung eines Binnenmarktes ohne wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Hemmnisse ist oberstes Ziel der Europäischen Gemeinschaft. Während bereits viele Unternehmen die Möglichkeiten des europäischen Binnenmarktes ausschöpfen, ist das Kaufverhalten der Verbraucher im grenzüberschreitenden...

One of the most pertinent reform discussions in Germany is found in the debate on the local business tax. During the last year, two basic reform proposals, a 'revitalisation' of the current local business tax and its replacement by a surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes, intensively...

The distribution of competencies between the different levels of a federal system may have remarkable effects on economic growth, because mainly the regions of a country contribute to national economic development. Thus, a government's economic policy is reasonably shaped along regional lines....