Federalism: Whether the "Second Breath"?

Second generation fiscal federalism: The implications of fiscal incentives

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t JEL classification: H77 H11 H71 R11 R58 Keywords: Fiscal federalism State and local taxation Intergovernmental relations Revenue First generation fiscal federalism (FGFF) studies the performance of decentralized systems under the assumption of benevolent social planners. Second generation fiscal federalism (SGFF) studies performance based on the fiscal and ...

Toward A Second-Generation Theory of Fiscal Federalism

Drawing on a wide range of literature and ideas, a new “second-generation theory of fiscal federalism” is emerging that provides new insights into the structure and working of federal systems. After a restatement and review of the first-generation theory, this paper surveys this new body of work and offers some thoughts on the ways in which it is extending our understanding of fiscal federalism...

Cost-benefit federalism: reconciling collective action federalism and libertarian federalism in the Obamacare litigation and beyond.

Federalism: The case of Switzerland

Together with the United States and Canada, Switzerland is one of the three classical federations. Its institutional structure consists of three levels of government: the federation, 26 cantons and about 2500 communes. The cantons as well as the communes are characterised by a full political organisation with the separation of powers, by a constitutionally guaranteed political autonomy and by t...

The Political Economy of Federalism