literature is that redistribution is best done centrally, and thus that an income tax is best used by the federal government …, rather than by state governments. Yet recent work suggests that states can effectively have some role in redistribution … a tool of greater redistribution. At the same time, the insurance function of a progressive income tax can still be …

This paper analyses the importance of fiscal mechanisms for regional risk sharing and redistribution in Switzerland …

This study analyses the extent of fiscal risk sharing and redistribution for Austria from 2000 to 2019. Overall, fiscal … intergovernmental transfer schemes which achieve risk sharing without much redistribution. This is due to mechanisms within this system …

This paper provides estimates of the redistribution and risk sharing across regional jurisdictions accomplished by the …