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The political economy of inter-regional fiscal flows : measurement, determinants and effects on country stability
Solé Ollé, Albert (contributor); Espasa, Marta (contributor) - 2010
Struggles over what a region receives, or should receive, from the budget of the central government are common to many countries. Discussions often focus on the measures of 'net fiscal flows' or 'fiscal balances' provided by the government or other actors. This unique book shows just how these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850574
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Fiscal federalism and political decentralization : lessons from Spain, Germany, and Canada
Durán, José María (contributor);  … - 2008
This book analyzes political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada and Germany, both traditional federal countries, and in Spain, a unitarian country engaged in the last two decades in a process of decentralization. Three key issues required for a well designed financing system are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850968
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State and local finances under pressure
Sjoquist, David L. (contributor) - 2003
finance -- 6. The federal government's impact on state and local government finances -- 7. Prospects and challenges for state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851271
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State and local fiscal policy : thinking outside the box?
Wallace, Sally (contributor) - 2010
In this broad and illuminating work, experts on public finance discuss innovations in state and local tax policy that … evaluations and analyses by well-known scholars in the area of state and local public finance of actual practices and analysis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851296
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The reality of budgetary reform in OECD nations : trajectories and consequences
Wanna, John (contributor); Vries, Jouke de (contributor);  … - 2010
The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations investigates the impacts and consequences of budgetary reform through a comparative assessment of advanced Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) democracies that have undertaken budget reforms over the past two to three decades
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851517
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The political economy of financing Scottish government : considering a new constitutional settlement for Scotland
Hallwood, Paul - 2009
Can the UK survive widespread dissatisfaction in both Scotland and England with the financing of public spending by Scotland's parliament? This timely book explains how fiscal autonomy could raise economic growth and efficiency in Scotland- to the benefit of both Scotland and the rest of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851832
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Political economy and public finance : the role of political economy in the theory and practice of public economics
Shibata, Hirofumi (contributor);  … - International Institute of Public Finance <Linz, … - 2002
that the future of both political economy and of normative public finance lies somewhere between the two approaches. Some … of the specific questions addressed in the book include: does public finance need political economy? Should collective … choice play a role in the standard of reference used in normative public finance? What is a "failure" in a non-market or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851951
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Recent developments in public finance
Tanzi, Vito - 2011
finance. The two-volume set encompasses numerous sections including the public sector in a market economy, market …, Real Tax Revenue, and the Case for Inflationary Finance: Theory with an Application to Argentina', International Monetary …- Intertemporal Approach, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4, Princeton, NJ: International Finance Section, Department of Economics, Princeton …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852288
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Government at risk : contingent liabilities and fiscal risk
Poláčkova Brixi, Hana (contributor);  … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001671590