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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...
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This important new book presents a state-of-the-art assessment of how economic models can be used by different levels of government to combat environmental problems. It considers policies for climate change and transport that can be used at federal and confederal levels of government. The...
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Which level of government is most appropriate for environmental policy making in a confederal or federal system? How does the level of government at which policy is made and implemented affect the choice of policy instruments? This important new volume addresses these problems by comparing...
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and environmental federalism. The second half deals with fiscal and regulatory competition, state and local government … finance and fiscal federalism. This new collection will be essential reading for scholars and students in both environmental …
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This groundbreaking book provides new key insights and opens up an important research agenda. The book develops a new taxonomy of the different types of innovation found in public sector services, and investigates the key features and drivers of public sector entrepreneurship. The book contains...
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The creative industries represent a vital, exciting and rapidly changing field of activity; one that is now recognised as a key growth sector in the knowledge-based economy. However, there is still a general lack of understanding of what is meant by the term 'creative industry,' and the creative...
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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", providing a review of the latest literature as well as an invaluable guide for practitioners and policy …pt. 1. Approaches to fiscal federalism -- pt. 2. Decentralization and development -- pt. 3. Implementing multilevel …
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Fiscal federalism has been the subject of much scholarly debate over the years. These volumes successfully bring … affects relations between varying levels of government, and examine the hypotheses underlying the theory of fiscal federalism … Barry R. Weingast (1995), 'Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China', World Politics, 48 …
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. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (1997), 'Rethinking Federalism', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11 (4), Fall, 43 …-64 -- Lucian Arye Bebchuk (1992), 'Federalism and the Corporation: The Desirable Limits on State Competition in Corporate Law …
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