1. Central and Local Government Fiscal Behavior under Fiscal Federalism---Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence Open Access Author: Hao, Yan Title: Central and Local Government Fiscal Behavior under Fiscal Federalism---Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence Graduate Program: Public Administration Keywords: intergovernmental transfergame theory inferencedecision making mechanismpolitical party influencepartisan alignmentfiscal federalismprincipal components analysis (PCA)panel data analysisgrant allocationmechanismstax collection effortRamsey modelkalman filtergrant allocation mechanism File: Download Central_and_Local_Government_Fiscal_Behavior_under_Fiscal_Federalism---Theoretical_Analysis_and_Empirical_Evidence.pdf Committee Members: L. Marvin Overby, Program Head/ChairDavid Argente, Outside Unit & Field MemberYounhee Kim, Major Field MemberDan Mallinson, Major Field MemberOdd Stalebrink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor