En el marco de la competencia fiscal entre los Estados, se ha observado en la última década una creciente competencia considerada desleal o lesiva, por la desproporción respecto a los beneficios ofrecidos por los citados, en un intento de maximizar la atracción de los factores de mayor...

This paper examines European economic integration in light of standard thinking about fiscal federalism. We first describe the main features of European integration, analyzing how institutions in the European Union fit the prescriptions of a federal system. We find that in some areas the...

The author analyzes Washington's tax burden ranking. Looking at tax burdens based on state personal income, Washington ranks 32nd in the nation. It is close to the lowest tax burden for that state since the 1960s

Fiscal federalism theory seeks to establish the optimal organization of a government, confined by certain geographic boundaries. The implications of that theory for the monetary unification process are shortly inquired. The literature measuring the redistribution and stabilization effects of the...