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The Political Geography of Inequality
Pablo Beramendi
其他書名
Regions and Redistribution
出版Cambridge University Press, 2012-03-26
主題Business & Economics / Economic ConditionsPhilosophy / PoliticalPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Comparative PoliticsPolitical Science / Public Policy / Economic PolicyPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & PatriotismSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN11070081319781107008137
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rYLjph2dV5EC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book is a study of the politics of redistribution and inequality in political unions. It addresses two questions: why some political systems have more centralized systems of interpersonal redistribution than others, and why some political unions make larger efforts to equalize resources among their constituent units than others. This book presents a new theory of the origin of fiscal structures in systems with several levels of government. The argument points to two major factors to account for the variation in redistribution: the interplay between economic geography and political representation on the one hand, and the scope of interregional economic externalities on the other. To test the empirical implications derived from the argument, the book relies on in-depth studies of the choice of fiscal structures in unions as diverse as the European Union, Canada, and the United States in the aftermath of the Great Depression; Germany before and after Reunification; and Spain after the transition to democracy.