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 …

Financing Decentralized Expenditures presents new original research papers on the structure of intergovernmental fiscal … of government. In developing, transition, and industrial countries alike, the process of decentralization of government … expenditures has proceeded apace to provide better accountability and quality of services to consumers. At the same time, tax …

The composition of government expenditure varies considerably across countries. The aim of this book is to explore the … choice of expenditure using a range of modelling approaches …

of local public expenditures', Econometrica, 49, 713-40. -- Brueckner, J.K. (1979a), 'Property values, local public … expenditure and economic efficiency', Journal of Public Economics, 11, 223-45. -- Brueckner, J.K. (1979b), 'Equilibrium in a …), 'Profit maximizing communities and the theory of local public expenditures', Journal of Urban Economics, 5, 263 …

with changes created by decentralization is explored …

pt. 1. Approaches to fiscal federalism -- pt. 2. Decentralization and development -- pt. 3. Implementing multilevel …

A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book … people - but also for many other developing countries now embarking on decentralization programs. The book therefore has … decentralization program in the Philippines has been reasonably successful, they argue there is an urgent need for a clear, predictable …