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1. Planning Support Systems for Cities and Regions

   Livros
   Outubro 2008
   Edited by Richard K. Brail

   This book invites the reader to join in a virtual dialogue with its authors—educators, theorists, model builders, and planners—about technology and the social context in which technology...

2. European Spatial Research and Planning

   Livros
   Junho 2008
   Edited by Andreas Faludi

   With the publication of European Spatial Research and Planning, the Lincoln Institute adds a third volume to its series of investigations of spatial planning, research, and policy in Europe, all of...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. 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....

10. 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...