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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851296
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Climate change, transport, and environmental policy : empirical applications in a federal system
Proost, S. (ed.); Braden, John B. (ed.) - 1998
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473914
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Environmental policy with political and economic integration : the European Union and the United States
Braden, John B. (ed.); Folmer, Henk (ed.); Ulen, Thomas (ed.) - 1996
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473935
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Environmental policy and fiscal federalism : selected essays of Wallace E. Oates
Oates, Wallace E. - 2004
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474018
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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 1, Contentious global issues
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2007
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and sustainability are analysed in a manner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850799
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Sustainable cities : diversity, economic growth and social cohesion
Janssens, Madeleine (contributor) - 2009
This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850845
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The impact of covid on cities and regions : policy responses of local leaders
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.); Bertin, Mattia (ed.) - 2023
"The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers. Chapters offer keen insights into the methods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437070
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850574
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Handbook of fiscal federalism
Ahmad, Ehtisham (ed.); Brosio, Giorgio (ed.) - 2006
"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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851106
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Effective federalism and local finance
Ahmad, Ehtisham - 2011
Federalism, Chapter 16, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 405-27 -- Thomas J. Nechyba (2008 …Oates, Wallace (1972), Fiscal Federalism, San Diego, USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. -- Oates, Wallace …), Handbook of Fiscal Federalism, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2006. -- Tanzi, Vito (2002), 'Pitfalls on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852299