This paper shows that actual systems of intergovernmental transfers are incompletely specified when viewed as mechanisms that operate over time, and that the norms of evolution most frequently used do not preserve the distributive properties they have at their initial position. We argue that...

As part of a process of democratization, many countries spanning Europe, Latin Amertica, Africa, and Asia are reorganizing their governments by devolving fiscal responsibility and authority to newly empowered regional and local governments. Although decentralization in each country proceeds...

Este trabajo aplica la norma de evolución HEAVE, desarrollada en el artículo previo del autor Dynamic Horizontal and Vertical Equity in Intergovernmental Transfers http://iei.uv.es:80/index.php?opcion=publicaciones, al sistema español de financiación autonómica y compara los resultados con...

By introducing simplified enterprise tax or eva in 2003, the government had a double aim: it wanted to relieve administrative and tax burdens on micro and small enterprises, while at the same time it wanted to improve their tax compliance, thus increasing tax revenues received from such...

By introducing simplified enterprise tax or eva in 2003, the government had a double aim: it wanted to relieve administrative and tax burdens on micro and small enterprises, while at the same time it wanted to improve their tax compliance, thus increasing tax revenues received from such...