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We propose a theory of tax centralization in politico-economic equilibrium. Taxation has dynamic general equilibrium … spending and taxation and create a role for inter governmental grants. The model provides an explanation for the centralization …
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We propose a theory of tax centralization and inter governmental grants in politico-economic equilibrium. The cost of … the local level. This renders the degree of tax centralization and the tax burden determinate even if none of the … traditional, expenditure-related motives for centralization considered in the fiscal federalism literature is present. If central …
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We propose a theory of tax centralization and inter governmental grants in politico-economic equilibrium. The cost of … the local level. This renders the degree of tax centralization and the tax burden determinate even if none of the … traditional, expenditure-related motives for centralization considered in the fiscal federalism literature is present. If central …
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Divided government is often thought of as causing legislative deadlock. I investigate the link between divided government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data regressions show that under divided government a US state is...
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level and source of factor incomes. Implementation of probabilistic spatial voting theory also allows the calibration of …
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the United States, although most of the arguments translate immediately to decision-making in other countries. There are …-cost analysis ; environmental policy ; decision making ; choice behavior ; public goods ; willingness-to-pay ; willingness …
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The United States Code (Code) is a document containing over 22 million words that represents a large and important source of Federal statutory law. Scholars and policy advocates often discuss the direction and magnitude of changes in various aspects of the Code. However, few have mathematically...
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Some scholars have argued that the Framers of the U.S. Constitution did not have a common set of views on economics, or that the Constitution, except perhaps in isolated clauses, does not reflect any specific economic views. The principal Framers did, in fact, share a basic set of economic...
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In previous work with Mark Lemley I have discussed the critical role played by the courts in fitting patent law to the ongoing needs of innovation. Careful scrutiny of the recently enacted America Invents Act (AIA), which legislatively reforms American patent law, underscores the need for robust...
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