A Sample of Previously-Published and Forthcoming Papers

Please be aware that the documents provided here are generally not identical to the final published versions. For the latter, or for copies of publications not listed here, please consult the publications themselves or send a request for a reprint.

Forthcoming
Think Locally, Act Locally: Spillovers, Spillbacks, and Efficient Decentralized Policymaking, with H. Ogawa, American Economic Review.
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2009 State and Local Government Finance in the Current Crisis: Time for Emergency Federal Relief?, Municipal Finance Journal.
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2008 New Directions in Fiscal Federalism: Introduction, with R. Boadway and T. Buettner, Journal of Public Economics.
Public Finance in an Era of Global Demographic Change: Fertility Busts, Migration Booms, and Public Policy, in J. Bhagwati and G. Hanson (eds.), Skilled Migration Today (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
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Disaster Policies: Some Implications for Public Finance in the U.S. Federation, Public Finance Review.
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2007 Disaster Policy in the US Federation: Intergovernmental Incentives and Institutional Reform, National Tax Association, Proceedings of the 99th Annual Conference, 2006.
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Symposium on "New Directions in Fiscal Federalism" An Introduction, with T. Buettner, CESifo Economic Studies.
Fiscal Federalism, The New Palgrave, second edition.
Pre-Emption: Federal Statutory Intervention in State Taxation, National Tax Journal.
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Medicaid Expenditures and State Budgets: Past, Present, and Future with J. Marton, National Tax Journal
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State Government Cash and In-kind Benefits: Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Cross-Program Substitution, with J. Marton, Journal of Urban Economics.
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Economic Integration and Labor Market Institutions: Worker Mobility, Earnings Risk, and Contract Structure, with R. Schoeb, Regional Science and Urban Economics.
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Local Government Finance in Kentucky: Time for Reform? Kentucky Annual Economic Report.
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2006 Fiscal Competition, in B. Weingast and D. Wittman (eds.), Handbook of Political Economy (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
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Global Competition for Mobile Resources: Implications for Equity, Efficiency, and Political Economy, CESifo Economic Studies
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The Dynamics of Municipal Fiscal Adjustment, with T. Buettner, Journal of Public Economics.
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2005 Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration, in R.G. Harris and T. Lemieux (eds.), Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages (Calgary: University of Calgary Press).
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2004 The Institutions of Federalism: Toward an Analytical Framework, National Tax Journal.
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Pareto Efficiency in International Taxation, with M. Keen, American Economic Review.
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Capital Tax Competition: Bane or Boon? with J.D. Wilson (principal author), Journal of Public Economics.
2003 Fiscal Competition: An Introduction, Journal of Public Economic Theory.

(The above essay is an introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Public Economic Theory; you may wish to consult the table of contents for more details.)

Fiscal Competition in Space and Time, Journal of Public Economics.
A (Much) Longer Version, with Derivations and Illustrative Calculations.
Table 1.
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Liberalization and the Spatial Allocation of Population in Developing and Transition Countries, in J. Alm and J. J. Martinez-Vasquez (eds.) Public Finance in Developing and Transition Countries: Essays in Honor of Richard Bird (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing).
2002 Local Public Finance in the Aftermath of September 11, Journal of Urban Economics.
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Tax Coordination: The Importance of Institutions, Swedish Economic Policy Review.
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2001 A series of chapters in D. Wildasin, M. Childress, M. Hackbart, L.K. Lynch, and C.W. Martie, Financing State and Local Government (Frankfort: Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center):
Chapter 1: "Tax Reform in Kentucky: Principles and Practice"
Chapter 2: "Recent Trends in Kentucky State and Local Tax Policy"
Chapter 3: "Sales Taxation in Kentucky: Problems and Prospects"
Chapter 6: "Local Government Finances in Kentucky"
2000 Factor Mobility and Fiscal Policy in the EU: Policy Issues and Analytical Approaches, Economic Policy.
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State and Provincial Corporation Income Taxation: Current Practice and Policy Issues for the US and Canada, Canadian Tax Journal.
Labor Market Integration, Investment in Risky Human Capital, and Fiscal Competition, American Economic Review.
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1999 Public Pensions in the EU: Migration Incentives and Impacts, in A. Panagariya, P. R. Portney and R.M. Schwab (eds.), Environmental Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Wallace E. Oates (Edward Elgar).
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1998 Taxation, Migration, and Pollution, with A. Sandmo, International Tax and Public Finance .
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Risky Local Tax Bases: Risk-Pooling vs. Rent Capture, with J.D. Wilson, Journal of Public Economics.
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Factor Mobility and Redistributive Policy: Local and International Perspectives, in P. B. Sorensen (ed.), Public Finance in a Changing World (London: MacMillan Press, Ltd).
1997 Fiscal Aspects of Evolving Federations: Issues for Policy and Research, in D.E. Wildasin (ed.), Fiscal Aspects of Evolving Federations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Income Distribution and Redistribution within Federations, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique.
1996 Decentralized Income Redistribution and Immigration, with D. Wellisch, European Economic Review.
Fiscal Aspects of Evolving Federations: Introduction, International Tax and Public Finance.
Comments on `Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization: A Review of Some Efficiency and Macroeconomic Aspects', in M. Bruno and B. Pleskovic (eds.), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, 1995 (Washington, DC: The World Bank).
1995 Factor Mobility, Risk, and Redistribution in the Welfare State, Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
Comments on "Institutional Competition" by D.C. North, in H. Siebert (ed.) Locational Competition in the World Economy (Tuebingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)).
Optimal Transportation Policy with Strategic Locational Choice, with Jacques-Francois Thisse, Regional Science and Urban Economics.
1994 Taxation and Savings: A Survey, with R.W. Boadway, Fiscal Studies.
Income Redistribution and Migration, Canadian Journal of Economics.
1993 Fiscal Competition and Interindustry Trade, Regional Science and Urban Economics.
1992 Relaxation of Barriers to Factor Mobility and Income Redistribution, in P. Pestieau (ed.), Public Finance in a World of Transition, a Supplement to Vol. 47 of Public Finance/Finances Publiques.


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