Federalism

 

Lecture Notes

1. The Tiebout Model
2. Redistributive Taxation and Zoning
3. Types of Intergovernmental Grant
4. Equalization
5. Equalization over the past few Decades (optional)

 

 

Diagrams

1. Figure 1 : Choosing among Jurisdictions
2. Figure 2 : Voting with Their Feet
3. Figure 3 : Excessive Local Government Expenditure as an Exclusionary Mechanism
4. Figure 4 : An Unconditional Grant
5. Figure 5 : A Conditional Non-Matching Grant
6. Figure 6 : A Conditional Matching Grant
7. Figure 7 : Matching Grants Stimulate Expenditure on the Targeted Category