Existing literature on revenue allocation in Nigeria shows more concern for merits and demerits of sharing principles and /or formulae. Several alternatives have been proposed and will continue to be developed to address the unending agitations from beneficiaries. Contrary however, this paper...

In an important decision, the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) rejected a claim of the state Berlin on federal support. Berlin had argued that it were effectively bankrupt. The article considers the ruling from an economic perspective.

The paper analyzes the possible efficiency base of intergovernmental grants between rich and poor regions in a federal state.

The article analyses the incentive effects of the German system of intergovernmental grants.

As the German constitution aims for equal living conditions, a huge number of political measures to enhance the conditions in the new states were undertaken after unification (known as the "Aufbau Ost"). In the new states, expenditure per capita rose significantly over the average expenditure of...

Der Aufbau Ost ging mit hohen öffentlichen Ausgaben einher. Unmittelbar nach der Vereinigung stieg das Ausgabeniveau in den neuen Ländern und ihren Kommunen weit über den westdeutschen Durchschnitt, und die Haushalte rutschten deutlich ins Minus. Ab Mitte der neunziger Jahre entwickelten sich...

We develop a model with optimal shares of intergovernmental transfers, and we apply a simulation analysis of our model for the case of Mexico. The main outcomes of this paper are as follows: First, we provide optimal shares of intergovernmental funds to be allocated in each state considering the...

Nigeria has been a federation before 1963. This was expected to foster speedy growth and development, but military interferences seem to have bedevil this dream. However, an uninterrupted democracy for about 20 years should have produced a significant result, but not much has changed. Many have...