Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Subnational Tax Autonomy: Introduction and Summary of Evidence -- 1 Asymmetrical Federalism in Spain: The Challenges of Financing the Autonomous Communities -- 2 Fiscal Autonomy in Scotland -- 3 Asymmetrical Federalism: The Case of Belgium -- 4 The...

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