This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically … setting in Switzerland to study the issue empirically. According to our findings tax decentralization tends to reduce … consider the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation as inequality decreasing effects of decentralization are …

This paper analyses the effect of federalism on fertility and growth. In a model with human capital accumulation and … lower or higher under federalism. Interestingly, the fertility differential is reversed: while under central finance, rich …

on the ideal institutional setting of federalism in Switzerland. According to our findings, decentralization actually …This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Economic theory delivers … the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation, since the inequality decreasing effect of fiscal …

before decentralization was implemented, even when looking within different local development ranges. Based on the analysis …

decentralization ; fiscal federalism ; vertical interactions ; partial decentralization ; elections …Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes … of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model. We argue that the likeliness …