Buettner, Thiess; Schwager, Robert; Hauptmeier, Sebastian - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 167 (2011) 4, pp. 647-667
This paper explores conditions under which revenue-sharing grants will achieve efficiency. We develop a general formulation of the state's decision problem of implementing a set of local policies. A theoretical analysis shows that if the state government pursues own policies and cannot levy...