Using an institutional approach, the analysis in this book is animated by contemporary theoretical debates. These concern the dynamics of institutional and policy change and the roles of economic forces, policy ideas and political actors in this process. The author provides an overview of...

Governing international taxation : problems and challenges -- The dynamics of global governance -- Politics without conviction : the OECD's failed Harmful Tax Competition initiative -- The financial crisis and the politics of international tax cooperation -- The domestic politics of...

The financial crisis that engulfed global markets in 2008 created an acute need for improved international economic cooperation. This book focuses on international taxation and examines how the financial crisis prompted renewed attempts to enhance international tax transparency and confront tax...

Australia's Future Fund (FF) was created in 2006 as a long-term savings fund designed to meet the Australian Government's future public service pension liabilities. With the onset of the financial crisis, fewcommentators thought the Australian Government would have the capacity or interest to...

Reforming state and local government property taxes can contribute to a fairer and more sustainable housing system as well as delivering additional economic and social dividends. This research proposed a nationally coordinated incremental strategy with clearly defined short, medium and long-term...