Reforming Fiscal Federalism and Local Government Beyond the Zero-Sum Game

This book describes and examines reforms of fiscal federalism and local government in 10 OECD countries implemented over the past decade. The country chapters identify common patterns and factors that are conducive to reforms of the intergovernmental fiscal framework, using a common methodological a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blöchliger, Hansjörg
Other Authors: Vammalle, Camila
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2012
Series:OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Institutions visited
  • Australia: The Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations
  • Belgium: The Lambermont Agreement
  • Denmark: The Local Government Reform
  • Portugal: The reform of the Local Finance Law
  • Foreword and Acknowledgements
  • Reforming fiscal relations: Going beyond the zero-sum game
  • Switzerland: The new fiscal equalisation and responsability assignment framework
  • Austria: The reform of the fiscal equalisation law
  • Canada: The equalisation reform
  • Finland: Restructuring local government and services
  • Spain: Reforming the funding of Autonomous Communities
  • Italy: Law 42 on fiscal federalism