One advantage of a decentralized system of government is that it allows government expenditure and taxation to better suit local preferences for public goods. On the other hand, if income is uncertain, a centralized system that incorporates interregional transfers allows regions to share...

Aggregate and sector-level investment equations are estimated for a panel of 17 OECD countries using an error correction methodology. A real currency depreciation is found to reduce aggregate investment and investment in all nine sectors in the short run, and aggregate investment in the long...

Estimates are presented for the impact of debt accumulation by the central and subcentral governments of a federation on the creditworthiness of other federation member governments. The estimates, calculated using an ordered probit model and Canadian provincial data, indicate that debt...

An explanation for the widely-observed phenomenon of home country asset preference is provided by the existence of government debt. Domestic government debt implies future taxes for domestic residents. Since no market exists for the statutory obligation to pay taxes, the present value of future...