Local governments (LGs) are seen as producers of the local public good ("the good"). An authoritarian country is one in which the government decides if the good should be produced and how much to tax to finance it, as versus a democracy in which voters decide. This paper identifies conditions...

Jurisdictional mismatch plagues contemporary environmental law and policy. The division of authority and responsibility for environmental protection between the federal and state governments lacks any cohesive rationale or justification. The federal government regulates in many areas where there...

Während sowohl die funktionale Gewaltenteilung als auch der föderative Staatsaufbau zu den unangefochtenen Grundprinzipien des demokratischen Deutschland zählen, wird die vertikale Kompetenzausstattung der Gebietskörperschaften regelmäßig kritisch diskutiert. Politik nach dem...

This paper utilizes a simple model of redistributive politics with voter abstention to analyze the impact of nonpartisan ‘get-out-the-vote’ efforts on policy outcomes. Although such efforts are often promoted on the grounds that they provide the social benefit of increasing participation in...