of increasing competition in the provision of them. Competition in the Provision of Local Public Goods uses two … and uni-functionality of jurisdictions. The book analyses the effect of these two aspects on competition among … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …

Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively …. The existing literature tends to assume that the beneficial effects of inter state competition have been confined to … decentralised rule or inter state competition. The same is true for Japan. If the Hume-Kant hypothesis is correct, it should also …