Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21381 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 547
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Governments do not have perfect information regarding the priorities and the needs of different groups in the economy. This lack of knowledge opens the door for different groups to lobby the government in order to receive the government?s support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and compare the implications of a centralized allocation process with a decentralized allocation process. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of fiscal federalism.
Subjects: 
fiscal federalism
economic models of political processes
contests
rentseeking
intergovernmental relations
JEL: 
D72
H77
H73
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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