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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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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...

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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value

Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008

advances a more integrative framework. He probes issues such as: • the tension between the need and the ability to contract … control • dialectical tensions stemming from contract application • standardization of contracting practices. By exploring … -- ch. 3. Need versus ability to contract -- ch. 4. How trust and contracts coevolve -- ch. 5. Functions of negotiation and …

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The economics of outsourcing

Willcocks, Leslie P. - 2014

Street Journal, A1 -- Macneil, I.R. (1980), The New Social Contract: An Inquiry into Modern Contractual Relations, New Haven …, and Relational Contract Law', Northwestern University Law Review, 72 (6), 854-905 -- Ronald Coase (1998), 'The New … (8), August, 707-25 -- Paul L. Joskow (1987), 'Contract Duration and Relationship-Specific Investments: Empirical …

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Modelling the composition of government expenditure

Creedy, John - 2011

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Tax and transfer tensions : designing direct tax structures

Creedy, John - 2011

This comprehensive and lucid book is concerned with the analysis of tax design and the problems involved in choosing a tax and transfer structure. John Creedy discusses central problems which are illustrated using relatively simple models. He argues that economists can make a valuable...

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Tax and transfer policy using behavioural microsimulation modelling : design and evaluation

Creedy, John; Mok, Penny - 2022

"Combining theoretical and practical aspects of policy analysis, this book evaluates actual and proposed policy reforms to income tax and transfer systems, using a behavioural tax microsimulation model. It highlights how these models allow for the full details of tax systems and the considerable...

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