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Erbsen, Allan - 2009

This Article constructs frameworks for analyzing federalism's undertheorized horizontal dimension. Discussions of … federalism generally focus on the hierarchical (or vertical) allocation of power between the national and state governments while … on state citizenship. This Article moves beyond the piecemeal approach by identifying facets of horizontal federalism …

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Was Pandemic Fiscal Relief Effective Fiscal Stimulus? Evidence from Aid to State and Local Governments

Clemens, Jeffrey; Hoxie, Philip G.; Veuger, Stan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We use an instrumental-variables estimator reliant on variation in congressional representation to analyze the effects of federal aid to state and local governments across all four major pieces of COVID-19 response legislation. Through September 2021, we estimate that the federal government...

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Districts, Diversity and Fiscal Biases : Evidence from the American States

Crain, W. Mark - 1998

This paper argues that the configuration of legislative districts and not merely the number of districts matters for fiscal performance. District configuration mediates the extent of constituent diversity both across and within districts. Both dimensions of diversity affect the political...

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Country size and public good provision

Staal, Klaas - 2004

This paper studies the equilibrium size of countries. Individuals in smallcountries have greater influence over the nature of political decision mak-ing while individuals in large countries have the advantage of more publicgoods and lower tax rates. The model implies that (i) there exists...

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Country size and publicly provided goods

Staal, Klaas - 2006

This paper studies the equilibrium size of countries. Individuals in small countries have greater influence over the nature of political decision making while individuals in large countries have the advantage of more public goods and lower tax rates. The model implies that (i) there exists...

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Special Interest Groups and the Allocation of Public Funds

Singhal, Monica - 2006

A long-standing puzzle in the fiscal federalism literature is the empirical non-equivalence in government spending from …

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Der Einfluss des demographischen Wandels auf die föderalen Finanzstrukturen : [ ... Workshop ... am 6. und 7. September 2007 in Wiesbanden]

Mai, Ralf (ed.); Micheel, Frank (contributor) - 2008 - 1. Aufl.

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Demografischer Wandel und langfristiges Angebot öffentlicher Leistungen im föderativen System

Renn, Sandra - In: Das föderative System in Deutschland : …, (pp. 174-205). 2005

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Federal grants to states

Else-Mitchell, R.; Mathews, Russell - 1980

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Multiplier Effects of Federal Disaster-Relief Spending : Evidence from U.S. States and Households

Zhou, Xiaoqing - 2017

Can government spending have a large effect on private consumption and income? This paper uses a novel dataset on federal government disaster-relief spending, combined with both household and state-level consumption, income and employment data, to answer this question. My estimates show that the...

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