An Essay on Fiscal Federalism
选择性综述财政联邦制理论，涵盖传统理论（职能分配、分权福利收益）及当前研究热点（实验室联邦制、辖区间竞争、环境联邦制、政治经济学、市场维护型联邦制、发展中国家与转型经济中的财政分权）。
This paper is a selective survey of fiscal federalism. It begins with a brief review and some reflections on the traditional theory of fiscal federalism: the assignment of functions to levels of government, the welfare gains from fiscal decentralization, and the use of fiscal instruments. It then explores a series of important topics that are the subject of current research: laboratory federalism, interjurisdictional competition and environmental federalism, the political economy of fiscal federalism, market-preserving federalism, and fiscal decentralization in the developing and transitional economies.