federalism". Basic ideas and some insights of this theory are discussed with regard to the appropriate "federal" allocation of … competencies it is argued that traditional economic theories of federalism should be complemented by contract-theoretic and … transaction-cost-political approaches. There has been some progress in recent years in developing such a "new economic theory of …

The distinct characteristic in James Buchanan’s thinking about federalism in contrast to the traditional theory of … fiscal federalism is his view about fiscal competition. In this paper, it is demonstrated that this thinking went through … federalism literature and concerned with equity and efficiency issues. In the Leviathan approach starting from the midseventies …