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  1. Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization

    A Developing Country Perspective
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Roy Bahl

    Despite the overwhelming support for decentralization programs, there is little agreement among scholars and policy makers, and scant empirical evidence, as to whether the devolution of power to...

  2. Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries

    Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and Capacity
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Paul Smoke

    Paul Smoke examines local revenue generation under fiscal decentralization in developing countries. He finds that local capacity for generating own-source funds is rare due to a lack of attention to...

  3. Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries

    Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, and Vito Tanzi

    The authors survey the related literature of decentralization experiences in selected OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation...

  4. School Finance Reforms and Property Tax Limitation Measures

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Daniel P. McMillen and Larry D. Singell Jr.

    One of the most controversial issues related to U.S. fiscal federalism is the financing of local public schools through property taxation. In theory, the system follows the principle of matching...

  5. Decentralization and Environmental Decision Making

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Shelby Gerking

    Shelby Gerking analyzes the effect of state tax rates on the disposal of chlorinated solvent wastes in the United States. He finds that changes in the disposal costs of these chemicals as a result of...

  6. A Cross-Country Comparison of Decentralization and Environmental Protection

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Hilary Sigman

    Hilary Sigman presents a cross-country analysis of the relationships between decentralization and environmental quality. She employs four measures in her study: (1) access to improved sanitation; (2...

  7. Interjurisdictional Competition Under U.S. Fiscal Federalism

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Sally Wallace

    Similar to the decentralization of environmental policy, scholars and analysts also express concerns about the welfare effects of interjurisdictional competition on economic development under U.S....

  8. Local Government Finances

    The Link Between Intergovernmental Transfers and Net Worth
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Luiz de Mello

    In this paper, Luiz de Mello, using panel-based aggregate local government data from 13 OECD countries, examines the causal relationship between intergovernmental transfers and subnational...

  9. Fiscal Decentralization and Income Distribution

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepulveda

    A major challenge of fiscal decentralization is its effects on income distribution. Theoretical discussions have questioned whether decentralization increases regional disparities when subnational...

  10. Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2008
    Thomas J. Nechyba

    The traditional public school finance system under U.S. fiscal federalism has generated concern that the use of housing markets to ration resources and students to public schools may increase income...

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