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Centralized vs. Decentralized Redistribution: A Case for Interregional Transfer Mechanisms

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Andreas Pfingsten
Andreas Wagener

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According to conventional wisdom, Musgrave's “RedistributionBranch” should be assigned to the central level of governmentin a federation. Otherwise, fiscal externalities created by themobility of the poor would render decentralized redistributioninefficient, if not impossible. The paper objects to this viewand argues that decentralized intraregional redistribution canyield efficient outcomes if it is combined with cleverly designedinterregional transfer mechanisms. Within a general frameworkwe give necessary and sufficient conditions for interregionaltransfer schemes to implement efficient allocations as Nash equilibriaof a decentralized redistribution game. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

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Volume (Year): 4 (1997)
Issue (Month): 4 (November)
Pages: 429-451
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Keywords: Decentralization; Redistribution; Fiscal Federalism; Public Funds Sharing;

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  1. Seija Parviainen, 1998. "Redistribution and Risk Sharing in EMU," Discussion Papers 159, Government Institute for Economic Research Finland (VATT). [Downloadable!]
  2. Horst Raff & John Wilson, 1997. "Income Redistribution with Well-Informed Local Governments," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer, vol. 4(4), pages 407-427, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Jacques H. DREZE & Charles FIGUIERES & Jean, HINDRIKS, 2006. "Vountary matching grants can forestall social dumping," Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) 2006063, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Traub, Stefan, 2003. "Federalism, Freedom of Movement, and Fiscal Equalization," Economics Working Papers 2003,06, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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