on the ideal institutional setting of federalism in Switzerland. According to our findings, decentralization actually …This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Economic theory delivers … the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation, since the inequality decreasing effect of fiscal …

Cooperative fiscal federalism needs a multi-level consent to decide on the allocation of intergovernmental transfers … transfers to municipal governments under this type of federalism. Using a regression discontinuity design in close electoral … supporting the swing voter hypothesis, our results suggest that federalism inherently entails restrictions for misusing …

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 …

The link between federalism and economic performance is still ambiguous. Aiming at clarification, we improve on a … widespread shortcoming by measuring federalism not just by one variable but by various institutions that constitute it. To this … end, Switzerland provides for a laboratory as its 26 cantons share a common framework, while the extent of federalism …

Theories of competitive federalism generally focus on exit as the principal mechanism for making governments responsive …

laufende, auch die Kreditaufnahmeentscheidungen lassen sich in dieses Konzept einschließen. Für den ergänzenden Finanzausgleich …

evidence that budget constraints at the cantonal level affect average municipal finances and fiscal decentralization. …