standards are derived. -- Fiscal federalism ; minimum standards ; tax autonomy ; fiscal equalization … feedbacks of the fiscal equalization system into account. In addition simple estimates of the importance of spending on minimum …

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 …