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Public private partnerships : the worldwide revolution in infrastructure provision and project finance

Grimsey, Darrin - 2004

This path-breaking book considers the recent trend for governments to look increasingly to private sector finance …

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Handbook of critical information systems research : theory and application

Howcroft, Debra (contributor); … - 2005

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Global business and the terrorist threat

Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor); … - 2009

Global business is affected by global terrorism and the two are intricately linked on many levels. This book is an eclectic and enlightening compendium of research that explores the interrelationships between the two. A companion to and expansion on the authors' previous books on the area,...

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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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...

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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 …

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