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Fiscal Federalism in Unitary States

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Editors:
  1. Per Molander

    1. Mapsec, Stockholm, Sweden

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Part of the book series: ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law (ZEIS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction — Problems of Multi-Level Democracies

    • Per Molander
    Pages 1-8

  3. Division of Powers

    • Robin Boadway, Eva Mörk
    Pages 9-45

  4. Swedish Local Government: Is There a Bailout Problem?

    • Jürgen von Hagen, Matz Dahlberg
    Pages 47-76

  5. Fiscal Equalisation Between Swedish Municipalities

    • Howard Chernick
    Pages 77-100

  6. Constraining Misuse of Funds From Intergovernmental Grants: A Legal Analysis

    • Clayton P. Gillette
    Pages 101-121

  7. Democratic Governance and Local Autonomy

    • Olof Petersson
    Pages 123-130

  8. Why Federalism?

    • Dennis C. Mueller
    Pages 131-144

  9. Strengthening Federalism in Sweden

    • Dennis C. Mueller, Emil Uddhammar
    Pages 145-167

  10. A Summary, and Four Theses on State-Local Relationships

    • Per Molander
    Pages 169-182

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-185
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About this book

Decentralism of political power to regions and local government occurs worldwide in response to demands from the periphery. Such devolution of power raises a number of problems - political, financial, and legal. By gathering together important papers from a series of workshops sponsored by the SNS Constitutional Project and the Center for European Integration Studies, this volume presents a number of these problems from a truly interdisciplinary perspective.
The authors believe that fiscal federalism, while originating in formally federal states, is relevant also to the analysis of state-local relationships in unitary states with some degree of regional or local authority. Among the topics they cover are the division of responsibilities and powers of taxation, bailouts, systems of equalization, and state grants, as well as problems related to democracy and citizens' rights. While the book's primary focus is Nordic, its international perspective is enhanced by contributions from Europe, Canada, and the U.S.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Mapsec, Stockholm, Sweden

    Per Molander

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fiscal Federalism in Unitary States

  • Editors: Per Molander

  • Series Title: ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0503-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7561-2Published: 30 November 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5109-2Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0503-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-788X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 185

  • Topics: Public Economics

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