This paper develops a theoretical explanation why it may be optimal for higher-level governments to pay categorical block grants or closed-ended matching grants to local governments. We consider a federation with two types of local governments which differ in the cost of providing public goods....

This paper provides an economic explanation for the increasing reliance of the state on revenue from user charges on excludable public goods. We develop a model with many identical countries. The government of each country levies a capital tax on the domestic production sector and supplies an...

This paper develops a theoretical explanation why it may be optimal for higher-level governments to pay categorical block grants or closed-ended matching grants to local governments. We consider a federation with two types of local governments which differ in the cost of providing public goods....

Ist die Zukunft des Lernens und Forschens digital? Und wie verändert der demografische Wandel die Universität? Gibt es anstatt überfüllter Hörsäle bald nur noch Online-Kurse? Und welche Auswirkungen hat es, wenn Forschungsergebnisse unmittelbar auf der ganzen Welt verfügbar sind? Darüber...

Der Band enthält die Beiträge, die auf der Potsdamer Tagung 1999 des Finanzwissenschaftlichen Ausschusses des Vereins für Socialpolitik vorgetragen wurden. -- Stefan Homburg untersucht die Unternehmensbesteuerung in offenen Volkswirtschaften. Der theoretischen Bestandsaufnahme folgt eine...

This paper provides an economic explanation for the increasing reliance of the state on revenue from user charges on excludable public goods. We develop a model with many identical countries. The government of each country levies a capital tax on the domestic production sector and supplies an...