Chapter 1: Background and Emerging Challenges -- Chapter 2: Theory of Fiscal Federalism and Local Fiscal Domain -- Chapter 3: Fiscal Decentralization and Local Area Corporate Social Responsibility -- Chapter 4: Globalization, Climate Change and Changing Face of Urban Public Finance -- Chapter 5:...

The Handbook of Public Finance provides a definitive source, reference, and text for the field of public finance. In 18 chapters it surveys the state of the art - the tradition and breadth of the field but also its current status and recent developments. The Handbook's intellectual foundation...