Intergovernmental transfers in federations

by Yilmaz, Serdar Zahir, Farah

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Full title :Intergovernmental transfers in federations / edited by Serdar Yilmaz (lead public sector specialist) and Farah Zahir (senior economist, Governance Global Practice, the World Bank).

Summary

"In a multi-level government system institutional legacy and the assignment of roles and responsibilities between the federal and the subnational governments create imbalances. These imbalances in economic terms are a result of a mismatch between revenue raising capacity and the spending responsibilities of the different levels of the government. Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations presents a synthesis of recent international experience of large federations in addressing the most fundamental issues of horizontal and vertical imbalances through the prism of intergovernmental transfers. It compares mature federal systems and the maturing federations of the world. Contributors delve into the various aspects of policy making as well as policy choices in selecting an efficiency path for a meaningful fiscal devolution aimed at integrating performance and incentives to reach an expenditure mix that facilitates better service delivery. Chapters include empirical, theoretical and methodological contributions as well as case studies that illustrate important policy or methodological lessons for future work. This collection is essential reading for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and students wishing to understand the choices made by different countries in response to the overarching principles of needs, equity and efficiency for sharing of resources"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edward Elgar Publishing
Place of Publication:Northampton
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (384 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1789900859, 9781789900859
oclc:on1137841963
LC Classification:HJ197
Dewey Decimal:336

Foreword by Richard Bird -- 1 Introduction to the volume / Serdar Yilmaz and Farah Zahir -- Part I: Conceptual issues -- 2. The architecture of intergovernmental transfers: principles and practice in low- and middle-income countries / Roy W. Bahl Jr -- 3. Issues in intergovernmental fiscal transfers: public finance and political economy considerations / Serdar Yilmaz and Farah Zahir -- 4. The practice of fiscal equalization: a political economy clarification / Bernard Dafflon and François Vaillancourt -- Part II: Intergovernmental transfers in mature federations -- 5. The German model of addressing vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalances / Paul B. Spahn -- 6. The United States grant system / Howard A. Chernick -- 7. Federal finance arrangements in Canada: the challenges of fiscal imbalance and natural resource rents / Marcelin Joanis and Fran.ois Vaillancourt -- 8. Revenue and expenditure needs equalization: the Swiss answer / Bernard Dafflon -- 9. Intergovernmental fiscal relations in Australia / Bob Searle -- 10. The economic impacts of horizontal fiscal equalization as practised in Australia / Jonathan Coppel -- Part III: Intergovernmental transfers in evolving federations --…