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020			_a9781107008137
082			_a320.011 BER
100			_aBeramendi, Pablo.
245		0	_aPolitical geography of enequality : _bregions and redistribution
260			_aNew York
260			_bCambridge
260			_c2012
300			_a295 p.
365			_dUSD
520			_a This book 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.
650			_aRegionalism
942			_cB _2ddc