Diese Dissertation besteht aus vier unabhängigen Aufsätzen über die Finanzentscheidungen von Haushalten. Die ersten drei Aufsätze untersuchen die Beziehungen zwischen Haushalten und Banken. Der erste Aufsatz untersucht die Determinanten und die aggregierten Implikation von...

Most current discussion of the infrastructure gap in Canada today often amounts to little more than a plea for someone else to pay the bills. However, although there are some reasons for higher-level governments to provide some local infrastructure projects, in the end, the bill must be paid...

The idea of fiscal decentralisation has become increasingly fashionable world-wide. But every country has unique features of the intergovernmental fiscal system. In general municipal expenditures are rapidly growing in European countries. On the other hand local tax increases are not easily...