Redistributive grants schemes, such as fiscal equalization, are a common characteristic of local public finance in several countries. However, large and small jurisdictions are treated differently by the respective fiscal equalization schemes that often tend to favour larger jurisdictions. This...

The paper proposes an econometric approach for quantifying jointly the geographical scope of commuting as well as the various forms of agglomeration economies originating from metropolitan centers. Adopting an urban economics perspective, and using land prices to measure their aggregate effects,...

In a theoretical model local jurisdictions provide a public input and a public consumption good financed by a tax on capital income. When deciding about tax rate and budget structure the jurisdictions will generally respond to each others fiscal choices irrespective of whether the policy is more...

Mit dem Umzug von Bundestag und Bundesregierung an die Spree ist Berlin endgültig Hauptstadt. Jetzt würden wir gerne mehr über die regionalpolitischen Folgen dieser Hauptstadtrolle wissen: Wird diese Rolle Berlin zugute kommen? Und wird ihr Verlust Bonn schaden? Die Versuchung ist groß,...