This paper looks at reform proposals for the fiscal transfer system in Germany to take account of differences in governmental purchasing powers across states, i.e. differences in governmental costs of public goods and services. Since data on differences in governmental purchasing power is...

In support of the growing need to understand federalism, sustainability framework and distribution of powers need be given as much attention along the inception of the political benefits of federalism. In federalism, the powers need to be assigned to the tiers of the government. A competitive...

In support of the growing need to understand federalism in the Philippines, sustainability framework and distribution of powers need be given as much attention along the inception of the political benefits of federalism

The study has reviewed the experience of foreign countries in the sphere of implementation of respective measures designed to prevent the emergence of soft budget constraints imposed on subnational authorities in a situation of fiscal decentralization. Also, a number of theoretic simulation...