Decentralised Government in an Integrating World Quantitative Studies for OECD Countries /

• Main Author: Stegarescu, Dan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2006.
• Series: ZEW Economic Studies ; 34
• Subjects: European Economic Community literature.; Public finance.; Economics.; Public Economics.; European Integration.

The book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the determinants of changes in the distribution of expenditure and revenue-raising powers among fiscal tiers in OECD countries. Using a new indicator of fiscal decentralisation which accounts for subnational decision-making autonomy, common decen...

Table of Contents:

• Public Sector Decentralisation: Measurement and International Trends
• Costs, Preferences, and Institutions: The Determinants of Fiscal Decentralisation
• Economic Integration and Fiscal Decentralisation
• Long-Term Trends in the Public Sector: An Inquiry into German History
• Summary and Conclusions.