The design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers has a strong bearing on efficiency and equity of public service provision and accountable local governance. This book provides a comprehensive one-stop window/source of materials to guide practitioners...
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EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Learning Center, Standort Wiesbaden, Fachbibliothek Rechtswissenschaften
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The design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers has a strong bearing on efficiency and equity of public service provision and accountable local governance. This book provides a comprehensive one-stop window/source of materials to guide practitioners and scholars on design and worldwide practices in intergovernmental fiscal transfers and their implications for efficiency, and equity in public services provision as well as accountable governance. Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Overview -- 1 A Practitioner's Guide to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers -- Instruments of Intergovernmental Finance -- Achieving Results-Based Accountability through Performance-Oriented Transfers -- Designing Fiscal Transfers: Dividing the Spoils or Creating a Framework for Accountable and Equitable Governance? -- Institutional Arrangements for Fiscal Relations -- Lessons from International Practices -- References -- Part I The Principles -- 2 Grants in a Federal Economy: A Conceptual Perspective -- Three Views of the Role of Grants -- Designing the System of Federal-Regional Fiscal Relations -- Notes -- 3 Equity and Efficiency Aspects of Interagency Transfers in a Multigovernment Framework -- The Case for Interjurisdictional Equity -- Designing Equalization Schemes -- The Case for Intragovernmental Efficiency -- Designing Interagency Relations and Microtransfers -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- 4 Achieving Economic Stabilization by Sharing Risk within Countries -- Principles of Regional Risk Sharing -- Moral Hazard and the Political Economy of Regional Insurance -- Empirical Evidence -- The Macroeconomics of Regional Risk Sharing and Stabilization -- Conclusions -- Annex: A Model of Regional Stabilization and Risk Sharing -- Notes -- References -- 5 Grants and Soft Budget Constraints -- The Soft Budget Constraint Problem Defined -- Implications of Soft Budget Constraints -- The Soft Budget Constraint Problem in Theory -- The Soft Budget Constraint Problem in Practice: Country-Level Evidence -- Lessons Learned -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- References -- 6 The Political Economy of Interregional Grants -- Political Motive and Political Competition -- Fragmented Government and Rent Seeking -- Intergovernmental Relations -- The Commitment Problem.
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Overview; 1 A Practitioner's Guide to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers; FIGURES; TABLES; BOXES; Part I The Principles; Part II The Practice; Index
