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...

We analyze a simple model of local public good provision in a country consisting of a large number of heterogeneous regions, each comprising two districts, a city and a village. When districts remain autonomous and local public goods have positive spillover effects on the neighboring district,...

This paper attempts to achieve three targets: First, to prove that Tiebout's local expenditure theory is wasteful; Second, to show how private firms can efficiently supply public goods; Third, to work out the optimal pricing policy for using public goods. In addition, this paper rejects setting...

This paper estimates causal effects of intergovernmental grant effects on expenditures and tax revenues of all municipalities and cities in the Philippines over the period 1993–2016. This is done by firstly utilizing a rule-based grant distribution scheme. Second, we apply an instrumental...