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Author: Robert D. Ebel
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2012-03-21
Total Pages: 1057
ISBN-13: 9780199765362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook evaluates the persistent problems in the fiscal systems of state and local governments and what can be done to solve them. Each chapter provides a description of the discipline area, examines major developments in policy practices and research, and opines on future prospects.
Author: Brian Dollery
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781781956687
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Structural reform has been one of the most important, and yet one of the most neglected, aspects of modern local government. This book represents the first attempt, since the early seventies, at providing a comprehensive account of both the theory and practice of structural reform in local government in developed countries. Using recent policy experience from seven different countries, the authors present seminal theoretical perspectives on structural reforms in local governance and the policy implications deriving from them. Written by well-known scholars of local government from around the world, this volume is a "must-read" for all academics, practitioners, students and policymakers.' - Giorgio Brosio, University of Turin, Italy
Author: Johnson, Craig L.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2021-11-09
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1800370938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ability of a nation to finance its basic infrastructure is essential to its economic well-being in the 21st century. This second edition of State and Local Financial Instruments covers the municipal securities market in the United States from the perspective of its primary capital financing role in a fiscal federalist system, where subnational governments are responsible for financing the nationÕs essential physical infrastructure.
Author: David L. Sjoquist
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces, this book looks at how these multiple forces play out in terms of the changes state and local governments should or are likely to make. changes and that failure to act is likely to result in adverse effects and increasing pressures for modifications that are more difficult to implement and more politically unpalatable. Without reform, state and local fiscal systems will grow increasingly out of sync with economic reality. The authors suggest that government responses are likely to be evolutionary, but that in 25 years the recorded changes will be substantial. trends. Each of the subsequent chapters describes the nature of one of the pressures state and local governments face including: political and legal forces, globalization of business, demographic and technological changes, deregulation of utilities and urban sprawl.
Author: Santiago Lago Peñas
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781782544296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExpert contributors in economics and political science offer a comprehensive breakdown of the issue of local jurisdiction fragmentation and provide recommendations for successful policy reform. Topics discussed include economies of scale, the costs and benefits of voluntary and forced amalgamation programs, the correlation between government size and corruption, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. A combination of theory and empirical evidence provides depth and makes this book an invaluable addition to the literature.
Author: National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting (United States)
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Published: 1998-06-01
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780891252405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ralph Eisenberg
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: D. Wildasin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-05
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1136473033
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConsiders such issues as the effect of local government policies on migration, the optimal size of cities, tax and expenditure capitalization, the economics of intergovernmental transfers, tax exporting and tax competition.
Author: James Spiotto
Publisher:
Published: 2016-02-15
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ISBN-13: 9780692624777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 50 State Survey of: (1) Rights and Remedies Provided by States to Investors, (2) State Supervision and Oversight Mechanisms of Financially Distressed Local Governments and (3) State Authorization of Municipalities to File Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
Author: Harvey S. Rosen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0226726231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe often think of fiscal decisions as being made by a single government, but in the United States the reality is that an astounding number of entities have the power to tax and spend. State, local, and federal governments all play crucial roles in the U.S. fiscal system, and the interrelation has been the source of continuing controversy. This fact is the focus of the seven papers and commentaries presented in this volume, the result of a conference sponsored by the NBER. The contributors use various quantitative tools to study policy issues, obtaining results that will interest policymakers and researchers working in the areas of taxation and public finance. The first three papers study the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. John Joseph Wallis and Wallace E. Oates look at the extend and evolution of decentralization in the state and local sector; Robert P. Inman examines the growth of federal grants and the structure of congressional decision making; and Jeffrey S. Zax investigates the effects of the number of government jurisdictions on aggregate local public debt and expenditures. The next three papers look at the deductibility of state and local taxes on federal tax returns. Using an econometric analysis, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Harvey S. Rosen examine the effects of deductibility on revenue sources and level of expenditures. Lawrence B. Lindsey looks at how deductibility affects the level and type of taxation. George R. Zodrow uses a two-sector general equilibrium model to investigate revenue effects of deductibility. Finally, Charles R. Hulten and Robert M. Schwab analyze the problem of developing an accurate estimate of income for the state and local sector, finding that conventional accounting procedures have underestimated the income generated by a startling $100 billion.
