Reforming Fiscal Federalism and Local Government
Subtitle: Beyond the Zero-Sum Game
By: Hansjörg Blöchliger and Camila Vammalle
Contributors: Vammalle, Camila
Series: OECD fiscal federalism studies; OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9789264119970
Subjects: Governance; Taxation; Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: This book describes and examines reforms of fiscal federalism and local government in 10 OECD countries implemented over the past decade. The country chapters identify common patterns and factors that are conducive to reforms of the intergovernmental fiscal framework, using a common methodological approach. The summary chapter highlights the cross-cutting issues emerging from the country chapters and shows the key factors in the institutional, political, economic and fiscal areas that are supporting reform success. The report’s approach results in valuable insights for policy makers designing, adopting and implementing fiscal federalism and local government reforms.
Table of contents: title: Foreword and Acknowledgements; title: Executive summary; title: Reforming fiscal relations: Going beyond the zero-sum game; title: Australia: The Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations; title: Austria: The reform of the fiscal equalisation law; title: Belgium: The Lambermont Agreement; title: Canada: The equalisation reform; title: Denmark: The Local Government Reform; title: Finland: Restructuring local government and services; title: Italy: Law 42 on fiscal federalism; title: Portugal: The reform of the Local Finance Law; title: Spain: Reforming the funding of Autonomous Communities; title: Switzerland: The new fiscal equalisation and responsability assignment framework; title: Institutions visited.