Environmental federalism refers to the debate over the "optimal" level of government at which to delegate environmental … literatures. By doing so, the goal is to limit the scope of the debate over environmental federalism moving forward, as well as …

economics of regulation, it then points out generic information and transaction cost problems of regulatory policy making. An … competencies it is argued that traditional economic theories of federalism should be complemented by contract-theoretic and … federalism". Basic ideas and some insights of this theory are discussed with regard to the appropriate "federal" allocation of …