This is the introductory essay for the Economics of Federalism, a book edited by the authors and forthcoming in Edward … competitive federalism, stems from Tiebout's 1956 article. It focuses on the horizontal structure of federalism and examines … fiscal federalism, examines the vertical structure of federalism, or the division of public services and taxing power between …

Fiscal federalism in Mexico has been changing over the last thirty years. Subnational governments demand the return of … of the decentralization of taxation powers in the Mexican federal entities in the period 2005 to 2010? The thesis that … will be sustained throughout the trial is that progress has been made in terms of decentralization of spending in the …

Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting … important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component … evidence that it is important to distinguish between federalism and decentralization, if one is interested in ascertaining …

levels of government. The paper focuses on how countries made changes to the configuration of federalism during the first … enhanced role of the executive branch (“executive federalism”), the use of centres of government for vertical coordination, as …