Im März 2007 haben Bundestag und Bundesrat die Kommission zur Modernisierung der Bund-Länder-Finanzbeziehungen (Föderalismuskommission II) ins Leben gerufen, um die Finanzbeziehungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland neu zu ordnen. Die Vorschläge zu einer Reform öffentlicher...

Countries differ in their governmental architectures and in the rules that describe the allocation of tasks, rights and duties across the various levels of government. In this paper, we present a short and selective survey of the development of the theory of optimal allocation of rights and...

Countries differ in their governmental architectures and in the rules that describe the allocation of tasks, rights and duties across the various levels of government. In this paper, we present a short and selective survey of the development of the theory of optimal allocation of rights and...