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1. Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Paul Smoke

   In this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...

2. The Contribution of Local Sales and Income Taxes to Fiscal Autonomy

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   John L. Mikesell

   In this paper, John L. Mikesell analyzes the local sales and income taxes in several U.S. states. As of 2009 the local sales tax is levied in 36 states, constituting over 30 percent of total local...

3. The Effects of Development Impact Fees on Local Fiscal Conditions

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Gregory S. Burge

   In this paper, Gregory S. Burge examines user fees and charges and their direct and indirect fiscal impacts. Among such levies, development impact fees have become most popular in U.S. cities. These...

4. Intergovernmental Transfers to Local Governments

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   David E. Wildasin

   One often-anticipated solution for closing municipal fiscal gaps is to increase federal and state government transfers to cities. In this paper author, David E. Wildasin, examines this possibility....

5. Creative Designs of the Patchwork Quilt of Municipal Finance

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Michael A. Pagano

   This paper by Michael A. Pagano examines different approaches U.S. municipal governments can use to deal with fiscal problems. Based on a historical analysis of general municipal revenue patterns...

6. The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Roy W. Bahl

   The theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...

7. How Alternative Revenue Structures Are Changing Local Government

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben

   In this paper, Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben note that the revenue mix for local government changes frequently in response to economic shocks, policy shifts, and technological advances in tax...

8. 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...

9. Paying for Urbanization in China

   Challenges of Municipal Finance in the Twenty-First Century
   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Christine P. Wong

   China is urbanizing, and the pace is accelerating. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported a population of 1.34 billion at year end 2010, fully half of them living in cities (CSY 2011)....

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...