TY - GEN AU - Wellisch, Dietmar TI - Theory of public finance in a federal state SN - 9780521026871 U1 - 336 PY - 2000/// CY - UK PB - Cambridge N1 - 1. Fiscal decentralization: benefits and problems; 2. Locational efficiency and efficiency-supporting tax systems; 3. Perfect interregional competition; 4. Interregional tax competition for mobile capital; 5. Optimal structure of local governments; 6. Incentive equivalence through perfect household mobility; 7. Efficiency and the degree of household mobility; 8. Decentralized redistribution policy; 9. Decentralization and intergenerational problems; 10. Informational asymmetry between the regions and the center ER -