"I highly recommend this work both for the excellent synthesis of the existing works on fiscal decentralization and the important contributions to issues of public finance under conditions of factor mobility...it is a tremendous contribution to the field and a must read for scholars of federalism and decentralization." Publius

• Acknowledgments; 1. Fiscal decentralization: benefits and problems; 2. Locational efficiency and efficiency-supporting tax systems; 3. Perfect interregional competition; 4. Interregional tax competition for mobile capital; 5. Optimal structure of local governments; 6. Incentive equivalence through perfect household mobility; 7. Efficiency and the degree of household mobility; 8. Decentralized redistribution policy; 9. Decentralization and intergenerational problems; 10. Informational asymmetry between the regions and the center; 11. Conclusions; References; Index.

"I highly recommend this work both for the excellent synthesis of the existing works on fiscal decentralization and the important contributions to issues of public finance under conditions of factor mobility...it is a tremendous contribution to the field and a must read for scholars of federalism and decentralization." Publius

• Acknowledgments; 1. Fiscal decentralization: benefits and problems; 2. Locational efficiency and efficiency-supporting tax systems; 3. Perfect interregional competition; 4. Interregional tax competition for mobile capital; 5. Optimal structure of local governments; 6. Incentive equivalence through perfect household mobility; 7. Efficiency and the degree of household mobility; 8. Decentralized redistribution policy; 9. Decentralization and intergenerational problems; 10. Informational asymmetry between the regions and the center; 11. Conclusions; References; Index.

"I highly recommend this work both for the excellent synthesis of the existing works on fiscal decentralization and the important contributions to issues of public finance under conditions of factor mobility...it is a tremendous contribution to the field and a must read for scholars of federalism and decentralization." Publius

• Acknowledgments; 1. Fiscal decentralization: benefits and problems; 2. Locational efficiency and efficiency-supporting tax systems; 3. Perfect interregional competition; 4. Interregional tax competition for mobile capital; 5. Optimal structure of local governments; 6. Incentive equivalence through perfect household mobility; 7. Efficiency and the degree of household mobility; 8. Decentralized redistribution policy; 9. Decentralization and intergenerational problems; 10. Informational asymmetry between the regions and the center; 11. Conclusions; References; Index.