Following an unprecedented economic boom fed by foreign investment, the Russian Revolution triggered the worst sovereign default in history. Bankers and Bolsheviks tells the dramatic story of this boom and bust, chronicling the forgotten experiences of leading financiers of the age.Shedding...

This book, compiled from the 2nd Global Report of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) on Decentralization and Local Democracy, analyzes the architecture of fiscal decentralization in one hundred and ten countries as well as in major metropolitan areas. In the majority of these countries,...

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...

Edwin Seligman's lectures on public finance, 1927-1928 / Luca Fiorito, Marianne Johnson, Warren J. Samuels -- General considerations / History of public credit -- Finance and the science of finance : public finance and fiscal science -- History of the budget -- Historical development of public...

Durch die öffentliche Finanzierung erhalten die Politiker auf den verschiedenen Staatsebenen die für ihr Handeln erforderlichen Ressourcen. Die Wissenschaft trägt Mitverantwortung für die richtige Dosierung und sachgerechte Gestaltung dieser Ressourcen zum Wohlergehen eines Gemeinwesens und...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in Georgia’s economy. SMEs provide more than 67% of employment and about 62% of gross value added. Although the environmental footprint of individual SMEs may be low, their aggregate impact in many respects exceeds that of large...

1. Local Public Finance and Economics – Theory and the Practice: An Introductory Overview -- 2. Expenditures and Revenue Assignment: Principles -- 3. Expenditure and Revenue Assignment: Practices -- 4. Structural Design -- 5. Expenditure and Service Delivery: Core Services and Regulation -- 6....

1. Introduction- Daniel W. Williams and Thad Calabrese -- Part I: International and National -- 2. Macroeconomic Theory & Forecasting- Gerald D. Cohen -- 3. Evaluation of Budget Forecasts- Neil R. Ericcson and Andrew B. Martinez -- 4. Budget Preparation and Forecasting in the Federal Republic of...