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City taxes, city spending : essays in honor of Dick Netzer
Schwartz, Amy Ellen (contributor); Netzer, Dick (contributor) - 2004
An illustrious group of economists contribute to this volume honoring Dick Netzer, the public finance economist well-known for his research on state and local taxation, the provision of urban public services, and non-profit organizations. Following in his tradition, the contributors apply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851160
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Local public finance in Central and Eastern Europe
Šević, Željko (ed.) - 2008
This book explores the system of financing local governments in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using evidence from the last two decades, the authors, experts on their particular countries, describe the development of the current local government finance system in each nation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474019
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State and local finances under pressure
Sjoquist, David L. (contributor) - 2003
State and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these multiple forces play out in terms of the changes state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851271
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Financing decentralized expenditures : an international comparison of grants
Ahmad, Ehtisham (ed.) - 1997
Financing Decentralized Expenditures presents new original research papers on the structure of intergovernmental fiscal relations in virtually all types of countries and the design and implementation of transfer mechanisms between different levels of government. In developing, transition, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473991
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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 have been implemented or considered over the course of the last three decades. The authors provide original work that analyzes whether state and local governments have 'gone...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851296
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Effective federalism and local finance
Ahmad, Ehtisham - 2011
?, Chapter 2, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 23-72 -- Gabriella Montinola, Yingyi Qian and … Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 306-38 -- Wallace E. Oates (1999), 'Local Property Taxation: An Assessment …, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 76-99 -- Richard A. Musgrave (1961), 'Approaches to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852299
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Environmental policy and fiscal federalism : selected essays of Wallace E. Oates
Oates, Wallace E. - 2004
Wallace Oates is one of the most important scholars in both environmental economics and public finance and this new volume of his essays brings together his recent research in both these areas, covering theory, research and policy. The first half of the book includes papers on the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474018
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The economics of evaluation in public programs
Link, Albert N. - 2011
This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852147
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International handbook of land and property taxation
Slack, Naomi Enid (contributor);  … - 2004
This comprehensive Handbook explores case studies of land and property taxation in 25 countries (five in each of five regions--OECD, central and eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America), and focuses on the potential contributions of the property tax to the revenues of urban and rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851841
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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