Local Public Finance and Economics An International Perspective /

• Main Authors: Kitchen, Harry (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), McMillan, Melville (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Shah, Anwar (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public finance.; Finance, Public.; Public policy.; Political science.; Public Economics.; Public Finance.; Public Policy.; Governance and Government.

Globalization and the information revolution have highlighted the catalytic role of local governments for improving economic and social outcomes at the local level as well as growing the national economy by enhancing international competitiveness. This comprehensive account of local public finance a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Local Public Finance and Economics - Theory and the Practice: An Introductory Overview
• 2. Expenditures and Revenue Assignment: Principles
• 3. Expenditure and Revenue Assignment: Practices
• 4. Structural Design
• 5. Expenditure and Service Delivery: Core Services and Regulation
• 6. Expenditures and Service Delivery: Social Services
• 7. Provision and Finance of Infrastructure
• 8. Local Taxation
• 9. Property Taxation: Principles
• 10. Local Income, Sales and Environmental Taxes
• 11. Charges and User Fees
• 12. Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Principles
• 13. Higher Order Fiscal Transfers to Local Governments: An Overview of Worldwide Practices
• 14. Higher Order Government Financing of Metropolitan Areas.