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收入再分配是政府的重要职能之一。在财政分权的前提下,这种再分配职能如何在中央政府和地方政府之间配置,一直是学术界关注和争论的重点财政问题之一。一种观点认为,收入再分配政策最好由中央政府统一制定(Stigler 1957,Musgrave 1971,Oates 1972,Brown and Oates1987)。理由是,地方分权的收入再分配政策将导致逆向选择问题。比如说,某地方政府若加大收入再分配政策力度,
Income redistribution is one of the government’s important functions. Under the premise of fiscal decentralization, how this redistribution function is allocated between the central government and local governments has always been one of the major financial problems of academic concern and controversy. In one view, it is best that the redistribution policy be unified by the central government (Stigler 1957, Musgrave 1971, Oates 1972, Brown and Oates 1987). The reason is that the decentralization of income redistribution policy will lead to adverse selection. For example, if a local government increases its efforts to redistribute income,