Local Public Finance : An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective

Introduction: The Relevance and Conceptualisation of Local Public Finance Regulatory Regimes -- PART I. Concepts of Regulation -- Budget Institutions for Subnational Fiscal Discipline: Local Fiscal Rules in Post-Crisis EU Countries -- Fiscal Rules at the Local Level: The Challenge of Enforcement -- Financial Supervision of Local Governments: An Organisational Hurdle -- European Patterns of Local Government Fiscal Regulation -- Local Public Finance Regulation in Southeast Europe: A Comparison of Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia -- The Impact of Fiscal Rules on the Financial Management of Municipalities: A Comparative Analysis of Czech Republic and Slovakia -- Monitoring Local Government Financial Sustainability: A Dutch–English Comparison -- The Implementation of Fiscal Regulation: Insights from Germany -- Fiscal Supervision and Party Politics – Lessons from Austria and Germany -- PART II. Bailouts and Insolvency -- Preventing Local Government Defaults: No-Bailout Policy and its Alternatives -- Municipalities and Excessive Debt – Local Insolvency Regimes as an Alternative to Bailouts? -- Four Decades of Municipal Bailouts in Germany -- PART III. Local Public Finance in Times of Crisis -- Global Crisis, Local Impact: A Comparative Approach to the Financial Crisis’ Impacts on European Local Levels -- Fiscal consolidation in German and Greek Local Governments: Reform Attempts, Supervision, and Local Measures -- Financial Decisions, Intergovernmental Grants and Regulatory Instability: The Case of Italian Municipalities -- Insights from City Financial Realities: Comparing and Learning across Borders -- Taking Stock: The Role of Institutional Context for Local Government Financial Resilience -- Local Government Tax Structure.