This paper considers a utilitarian federal government that attempts to effect some revenue sharing or to finance through taxation some national public good. For reason of asymmetric information, this financing cannot be based on actual regional income nor on regional preferences, as it should be...

When educational policy is supplemented by a redistributive income tax, and when individualsdiffer in their ability to benefit from education, the optimal policy is typically rather regressive.Resources are concentrated on the most able individuals in order to get a "cake" as big aspossible to...

This paper presents a survey of the theoretical literature devoted to the effect of mobility on redistribution within a two-level-jurisdiction setting consisting of a central government and number of regional ones. The mobility of capital and labor is considered. We look at the effect of...