The paper develops a simple multi-jurisdictional model of residential and political choice. Analyzing the interplay of migration, local policies, and geographic factors, we show that equilibrium tax regimes depend on the geographical size of jurisdictions. If geographical differences are modest...

The paper studies the effects and the determinants of interregional redistribution in a federation of jurisdictions among which households are mobile. Each jurisdiction controls a local redistributive policy that is democratically chosen by its residents. Paradoxical consequences of...

In this paper we deal with voluntary and compulsory redistribution in an economy where the enforcement of property rights is costly. Two agents engage in a common-pool contest and two types of potential distortions arise: the waste of resources in the contest and the dilution of incentives to...