Fiscal federalism and political decentralization
Subtitle: lessons from Spain, Germany, and Canada
By: edited by Núria Bosch, José M. Duran.
Contributors: Bosch, Núria.; Durán, José María.
Series: Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781847204677
Subjects: Intergovernmental fiscal relations; Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Spain; Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Germany; Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Canada; Decentralization in government -- Spain; Decentralization in government -- Germany; Decentralization in government -- Canada
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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.