standards are derived. -- Fiscal federalism ; minimum standards ; tax autonomy ; fiscal equalization … feedbacks of the fiscal equalization system into account. In addition simple estimates of the importance of spending on minimum …

In many federations, fiscal equalization schemes soften fiscal imbalances across the member states. Such schemes …

taxation serves as a Pigouvian intervention to correct externalities. The empirical analysis supports redistribution between … between jurisdictions lowers the perceived excess burden of distortionary taxation and thereby raises its attractiveness from … jurisdictions as important, but insufficient, to fully explain the observed reliance on distortionary taxation. Among the remaining …

Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising …