Fiscal Federalism and Tax Equalization: The potential for progressive local taxes
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Keywords
Fiscal Federalism; Equalization Grants; Computational Modeling; Tiebout Sorting; Theory of Justice; Multi-community model;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2016-04-30 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-CMP-2016-04-30 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2016-04-30 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2016-04-30 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2016-04-30 (Public Finance)
- NEP-URE-2016-04-30 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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