This book offers cross-national evidence of the effectiveness of financial and physical incentives for regional development. It challenges the traditional wisdom that competition is harmful for regional development or can be zero-sum. It answers questions such as: What are the effects of tax...

Introduction.- Balanced Growth in Decentralized Economies -- Transition to Balanced Growth -- The Finance of the Transition Phase -- Production Capacities in Decentralized Economies -- Models of Technological Progress in Decentralized Economies -- Cyclical Growth in Decentralized Economies.-...

Decentralisation is changing the face of South East Europe. This book provides practical analysis of the devolutionary measures reshaping post-Communist economies. Using case studies from Croatia, the former Yugoslavia, Albania and more, this collection offers valuable insights into political...

Batley and Larbi examine how governments of developing countries are organized to deliver public services. The book is based on comparative international studies of four service sectors: Health care, urban water, business promotion and agricultural marketing. Governments everywhere are being...

A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and complexities of moving to a system of greater autonomy for the subnational governments of the Czech and Slovak Republics, including the future of...

The book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the determinants of changes in the distribution of expenditure and revenue-raising powers among fiscal tiers in OECD countries. Using a new indicator of fiscal decentralisation which accounts for subnational decision-making autonomy, common...

This book introduces recent developments in both theoretical and empirical analyses of local public economics. Theories of those economics as well as empirical analyses have been developed dramatically in various directions in recent years. One direction has been to reflect real economic...

Problemstellung und Gang der Untersuchung -- Investitions-Controllingkonzeption für dezentrale Unternehmen -- Anreizsysteme als Instrument des Investitions-Controllings bei Hidden-Information- und Hidden-Action-Problemen im Investitionsprozess -- Residualgewinnbasierte Principal-Agent-Modelle...