Год выпуска: 2008 Издательство: Страниц: 360 ISBN: 0821363263
Описание
The design of a federal system to deal with growth, stabilization, and regional and local development issues is the primary concern of this volume, edited by Anwar Shah. The book provides analytical tools to address issues arising from globalization, localization, and regional integration. It discusses tax harmonization issues associated with subnational value added tax administration. It provides a framework for fiscal discipline in a federal system. Lessons from international experiences from policies to deal with lagging regions are drawn. The book empirically examines the effect of fiscal decentralization on the overall size of the public sector. Finally, it draws lessons from industrial countries' experiences on local governance. Contributors to this volume include Thomas Courchene, Jaber Ehdaie, George Kopits, Melville McMillan, Mahesh Purohit, Anwar Shah, and David Wildasin. This important new series represents a response to several independent evaluations in recent years...
