In this paper we investigate the interactions among fiscal decentralization, income inequality and regional disparities, using a sample of 23 OECD countries over the period 1971-2000. We first explore the effects of fiscal decentralization on overall income inequality. We then test whether...

Although academics, civil servants and non-governmental organizations involved in development have continued to promote policies for local economies, many localities fail to catch up with average national development patterns. The body of knowledge on this topic has been split into two parts:...

Within the framework of spatial tax competition with cross-border shopping, we examine the choice of tax method between ad valorem tax and unit (specific) tax. This study shows that governments endogenously choose the ad valorem tax method not because of a classic welfare reason, but because it...

Using the example of geographic borders, I demonstrate how the permeability of lines in the tax system and the ability of the tax authority to reduce tax evasion across lines are essential determinants of the optimal commodity tax policy.

Interstate economic disparities in India have sharply risen in the post reform period, bringing back the issue of regional disparities into the debate on Indian political economy. Present paper contends that while the economy has moved to a higher growth path, the pattern of growth has been...

In the increasingly urban world in which we live, replete with phenomenaof congestion and mobility problems often stem from poorly managedclusters, or simply not run, emerge clearly the difficulties arising from the operationof the center by suburban rings. This situation is exacerbated when the...

Benefits of federation are in more flexible use of the social and economic potential of its subjects at wide inter-regional competition. The federal system allows to use effects of either greater economic space or more complete considering of local conditions and interests. Specificity of modern...

Suburban Development of St Petersburg: comparison of 2 subjects of Federation long-term visions Leonid Limonov, Higher School of Economics-St.Petersburg, International Centre for Social and Economic Research «Leontief Centre», Russia Key-words: Regional Development, Metropolitan Area,...