Fiscal federalism and political decentralization : lessons from Spain, Germany and Canada
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Fiscal federalism and political decentralization : lessons from Spain, Germany and Canada
（Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance）
Edward Elgar, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This highly original 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. The three key issues required for a well designed financing system are analyzed in depth herein, 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 regional government in the administration of taxes.Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization will be of particular interest to academics and researchers of economics, public economics, public finance and public choice. It will also appeal to politicians and policy makers as well as organizations and agencies related to the economy and fiscal federalism.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Preface
INTRODUCTION
1. The Financing System of Spanish Regions: Main Features, Weak Points and Possible Reforms
Nuria Bosch and Jose M Duran
PART I: TAX ASSIGNMENT
2. Revenue Assignments in the Practice of Fiscal Decentralization
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
3. Tax Assignment and Tax Autonomy in OECD Countries
Hansjoerg Bloechliger
4. Tax Assignment and Regional Co-responsibility in Spain
Juan A. Gimeno Ullastres
PART II: FISCAL EQUALIZATION
5. Fiscal Equalization: The Canadian Experience
Robin Boadway
6. Fiscal Equalization in Germany
Thiess Buettner
7. Fiscal Equalization in Spain
Jesus Ruiz-Huerta Carbonell and Ana Herrero Alcalde
PART III: TAX ADMINISTRATION
8. Tax Coordination under the Canadian Tax System
Paul Berg-Dick, Michel Carreau, Deanne Field and Mireille Ethier
9. The Decentralization of Tax Administration in Germany: Consequences
Alexander Ulbricht
10. Current Situation and Proposals for Reform of Spain's Tax Administration
Alejandro Esteller More
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