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The Politics and Economics of Regional Transfers

The Politics and Economics of Regional Transfers Decentralization, Interregional Redistribution and Income Convergence - Studies in Fiscal Federalism and State-Local Finance

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Publisher's Synopsis

Which programmes of income redistribution across jurisdictions are likely to be chosen in democratic countries and why? How does the degree of government centralization affect these choices? How does redistribution of income across regions interact with the migration of factors of production? Do these processes reinforce or do they obstruct each other, and why? This book tries to answer these questions and others related to the issue of income redistribution across states and regions.

The book adopts a positive, public choice approach in the theoretical analysis and tests the predictions on evidence drawn from a highly centralized country (Italy) and a highly decentralized one (the United States). The Politics and Economics of Regional Transfers will be of great interest to scholars of economics, public finance and public choice. Students of economics, economic development, political economy, regional and local economics, public finance and public choice will also find it of interest, as will policy analysts.

Book information

ISBN: 9781845426668
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 336.185
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 133
Weight: 385g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 12mm