Designing a European fiscal union : lessons from the experience of fiscal federations

1. Distribution of fiscal responsibilities in federations / Julio Escolano. [et al.] -- 2. The role of fiscal transfers in smoothing regional shocks / Tigran Poghosyan, Abdelhak Senhadji, and Carlo Cottarelli -- 3. Constraints on subnational fiscal policy / Luc Eyraud and Raquel Gomez Sirera -- 4. Budgeting, accounting, and reporting / Israel Fainboim. [et al.] -- 5. Financing of central and subnational governments / Geremia Palomba. [et al.] -- 6. Subnational fiscal crises / Till Cordes. [et al.] -- 7. Lessons from the crisis : minimal elements for a fiscal union in the euro area / Celine Allard. [et al.].