Drawing on a wide range of literature and ideas, a new “second-generation theory of fiscal
federalism” is emerging that provides new insights into the structure and working of federal …

In this paper, we offer a comprehensive and updated review of the impact of fiscal
decentralization on the economy, society and politics. Our first target is the examination of …

Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of
the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully …

This book develops and tests a" thermostatic" model of public opinion and policy, in which
preferences for policy both drive and adjust to changes in policy. The representation of …

First generation fiscal federalism (FGFF) studies the performance of decentralized systems
under the assumption of benevolent social planners. Second generation fiscal federalism …

This article uses cross-national data to examine the effects of fiscal and political institutions
on the fiscal performance of subnational governments. Long-term balanced budgets among …

A first generation of studies of the causes and consequences of decentralization and
federalism viewed decentralization as a simple zero-sum transfer of authority from the center …

This project started in the late 1990s with the simple observation that however compelling
and elegant, leading theories of federalism in economics and political science had little to do …

Nontax revenues make up a substantial amount of government revenue around the world,
though scholars usually focus on individual sources of such revenue (for example, foreign …

Abstract Did New Public Management (NPM) actually lead to a smaller public sector? NPM
has been the subject of extensive academic debate as to its successes and failures …