From Expediency to Entrenchment: Territorial Finance in the UK and the Role of Crises in the Origins and Evolution of the Barnett Formula.
This article explains the persistence of the "Barnett formula," a mechanism for the territorial allocation of public expenditure introduced in the UK in the 1970s as an expedient during a fiscal crisis. Using a process-tracing approach, it shows how and why the formula, intended as a temporary exped...
| Publicado en: | Publius: The Journal of Federalism Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 388 - 410 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Spring2026
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