Fiscal Fragmentation in Decentralized Countries

Edited by Richard Bird and Robert D. Ebel

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Abstract: Most countries, developed and developing, are fiscally decentralized with regional and local governments of varying importance. In many of these countries, some of these sub-national governments differ substantially from others in terms of wealth, ethnic, religious, or linguistic composition. This book considers how fiscal arrangements may strengthen or weaken national solidarity and the effectiveness with which public services are provided. In particular, the nation’s ability to cope with changes created by decentralization is explored.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781845424022
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Subsidiarity, Solidarity and Asymmetry: Aspects of the Problem

Richard Bird and Robert D. Ebel

Ch 2 The Country Studies: Comparisons and Conclusions

Richard Bird, Robert D. Ebel and Sebastiana Gianci

Ch 3 Reconciling Diversity with Equality: The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Maintaining an Effective State in Canada

Richard Bird and Francois Vaillancourt

Ch 4 Germany at the Junction Between Solidarity and Subsidiarity

Paul Spahn and Jan Werner

Ch 5 Accommodating Asymmetry Through Pragmatism: An Overview of Swiss Fiscal Federalism

Bernard Dafflon

Ch 6 Belgium: A Unique Evolving Federalism

Benoît Bayenet and Philippe de Bruycker

Ch 7 Fiscal Decentralization in Spain: An Asymmetric Transition to Democracy

Teresa Garcia-Mila and Therese J. McGuire

Ch 8 Asymmetric Federalism in Russia: Cure or Poison?

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

Ch 9 Ethnic Minority Regions and Fiscal Decentralization in China: The Promises and Reality of Asymmetric Treatment

Christine Wong

Ch 10 Asymmetric Federalism in India

Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh

Ch 11 Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and State Building: The Case of Indonesia

Bambang Brodjonegoro and J. Fitz G Ford

Ch 12 Subsidiarity and Solidarity: Fiscal Decentralization in the Philippines

Christine Wallich, Rosario Manasan and Saloua Sehili

Ch 13 Fiscal Federalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Subsidiarity and Solidarity in a Three-Nation State

William Fox and Christine Wallich

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