Summary The theory of fiscal federalism considers inter-jurisdictional spillover effects as a serious problem for an …-jurisdictional spillover effects in the Swiss federalism. The Swiss federalism is highly fragmented, the sub-federal jurisdictions have … considerable tax power and the economic potential of the jurisdictions is very diverse. Thus, the Swiss federalism represents a …

address the problems of federalism, health care and pension systems.  …

citizens more effectively. However, it is also faced with major problems. Therefore, a new kind of democratic federalism for … Europe is proposed which maintains the great advantages of federalism but which overcomes its most important weaknesses …

priori . Thus, we test empirically whether de jure federalism and/or de facto federalism are each a good predictor of control … de jure federalism nor de facto federalism matters as much as other dimensions of governance. However, in countries with … poor governance, de jure federalism may have an adverse effect on control of corruption. A developing economy, which ranks …