This major Handbook addresses fiscal relations between different levels of government under the general rubric of "fiscal federalism", providing a review of the latest literature as well as an invaluable guide for practitioners and policy makers seeking informed policy options. The contributors...

Am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts existieren in Europa mehrere Spielarten eines föderalen Staatsaufbaus. Im Zuge der europäischen Integration ist ein Spannungsfeld zwischen der Wahrnehmung von Aufgaben auf der europäischen und der nationalen Ebene entstanden. Die Analyse der verschiedenen...

This paper reviews the fiscal relations between the three levels of government in Austria and points to the scope for reforming them with a view to improving the efficiency of the public sector. Key areas of public sector activity are subject to complex relations across the three layers of...

Contents: Foreword by Richard Bird -- 1 Introduction to the volume / Serdar Yilmaz and Farah Zahir -- Part I: Conceptual issues -- 2. The architecture of intergovernmental transfers: principles and practice in low- and middle-income countries / Roy W. Bahl Jr -- 3. Issues in intergovernmental...