The rise of the states: U.S. fiscal decentralization in the postwar period

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1079-1091

  Baicker, Katherine ^a,b   Clemens, Jeffrey ^a   Singhal, Monica ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Fiscal federalism; Intergovernmental grants; Intergovernmental mandates; Tiebout

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958770431     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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