Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization

Edited by Núria Bosch and Jose M. Duran-Cabre

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Abstract: This book analyzes political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada and Germany, both traditional federal countries, and in Spain, a unitarian country engaged in the last two decades in a process of decentralization. Three key issues required for a well designed financing system are analyzed in depth, namely: tax assignment, equalization grants – i.e. redistribution of money from the wealthy regions or the national government to poorer regions, and the role of local governments in the administration of taxes.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781847204677
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The Financing System of Spanish Regions: Main Features, Weak Points and Possible Reforms

Núria Bosch and Jose M. Duran-Cabre

Ch 2 Revenue Assignments in the Practice of Fiscal Decentralization

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

Ch 3 Tax Assignment and Tax Autonomy in OECD Countries

Hansjörg Blöchliger

Ch 4 Tax Assignment and Regional Co-responsibility in Spain

Juan A. Gimeno Ullastres

Ch 5 Fiscal Equalization: The Canadian Experience

Robin Boadway

Ch 6 Fiscal Equalization in Germany

Thiess Buettner

Ch 7 Fiscal Equalization in Spain

Jesús Ruiz-Huerta Carbonell and Ana Herrero Alcalde

Ch 8 Tax Coordination under the Canadian Tax System

Paul Berg-Dick, Michel Carreau, Deanne Field and Mireille Ethier

Ch 9 The Decentralization of Tax Administration in Germany: Consequences

Alexander Ulbricht

Ch 10 Current Situation and Proposals for Reform of Spain’s Tax Administration

Alejandro Esteller Moré

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