Hamilton's paradox : the promise and peril of fiscal federalism /

As new federations take shape and old ones are revived around the world, a difficult challenge is to create incentives for fiscal discipline. By combining theory, quantitative analysis, and contemporary case studies, this book lays out the first systematic explanation of why decentralized countries...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rodden, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Temas:
Intergovernmental fiscal relations.
Central-local government relations.
Revenue sharing.
Relations fiscales intergouvernementales.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales.
Partage fiscal.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Fiskalpolitik
Fiskalföderalismus
Föderalismus
Stabilitätspolitik
Haushaltsdefizit
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and overview
  • Promise and peril : intellectual history
  • Sovereignty and commitment
  • The power of the purse : intergovernmental grants and fiscal discipline
  • Disease or cure? : political parties and fiscal discipline
  • An approach to comparative case studies
  • Fiscal federalism and bailouts in postwar Germany
  • The crisis of fiscal federalism in Brazil
  • The challenge of reform in federations
  • The origins of subnational sovereignty
  • Conclusions.

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