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Federal Budget Policy (January 2018)
Section 5 . 1

Class Eight -- January 12th, 2018

Howell E. Jackson

In today’s class, we will explore inter-governmental interactions in budgeting. The two principal readings are chapters from Fiscal Challenges offering institutional perspectives on the subject. One by Wallis and Weingast and the other by David Super.

These readings for this class offer different visions of optimal (or at least possible) fiscal relationships across different levels of government. How useful do you find these readings in terms of suggesting helpful ways for allocating fiscal responsibilities.

By way of additional background reading on this topic, I've also attached a recent article by Professor Nicholas Bagley in Federalism and the End of Obamacare.

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