Multi--Level Government

 

Lecture Notes

1. Local Public Goods and Mobility
2. The Principle of Subsidiarity
3. Mobility and the Type of Tax
4. Competition Among Jurisdictions
5. Distributive Spending and Legislatures

 

 

Diagrams

1. Figure 1 : Scale economies in Population in the Provision of Public Output
2. Figure 2 : Example of No Pareto--Improvement from Centralization
3. Figure 3 : Commitment and Centralization
4. Figure 4 : Lower Taxes in Richer Jurisdictions