The JPEF is a quarterly peer-reviewed online journal that provides a forum for discussion of public policy of interest to an international readership in order to put policies and research into action. The JPEF accepts articles, working papers, comments and critical reviews on Efficiency and equity; Markets; Externalities; Public goods; Private and government provision of public goods; Public choice; Taxation; Law and economics; Public and government failures; Redistribution; Public policies and Fiscal federalism.