The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published works have not focused their analyses from an economic point of view. While economics was for...

Chapter 1. Unstable politics, unfair taxation and a system of public administration afflicted by clientelism: key information about the Greek state -- Chapter 2. A ‘sibylline authority’ in a growing economy, 1955-1967 -- Chapter 3. ‘No mutiny will be allowed’: dismantling Democracy and...

Chapter 1: Background and Emerging Challenges -- Chapter 2: Theory of Fiscal Federalism and Local Fiscal Domain -- Chapter 3: Fiscal Decentralization and Local Area Corporate Social Responsibility -- Chapter 4: Globalization, Climate Change and Changing Face of Urban Public Finance -- Chapter 5:...

Chapter 1. The Challenges and Opportunities of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 2. Capital Planning and Budgeting for Infrastructure -- Chapter 3. Traditional Methods of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 4. Innovative Mechanisms of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 5. Case Studies in...

Finanzwissenschaft – Wirtschaftstheoretische und gesellschaftspolitische Grundlagen -- Umfang und Entwicklung des öffentlichen Sektors -- Funktionen des öffentlichen Sektors - Analytische Grundlagen -- Entscheidungstheoretische Grundlagen - Wohlfahrtsökonomie und Public Choice Theorie --...