Decentralised Government in an Integrating World: Quantitative Studies for OECD Countries

✍ Scribed by Dr. Dan Stegarescu (auth.)

• Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 236
• Series: ZEW Economic Studies 34
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the determinants of changes in the distribution of expenditure and revenue-raising powers among fiscal tiers in OECD countries. Using a new indicator of fiscal decentralisation which accounts for subnational decision-making autonomy, common decentralisation trends are investigated. Then, empirical evidence from panel analyses is provided for the role of costs, preferences and institutions in explaining fiscal federal structures, and for the impact of economic and political integration on the degree of government decentralisation, particularly among EU countries. Finally, the historical experience of Germany is used to explore long-term developments in the public sector.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-9
Public Sector Decentralisation: Measurement and International Trends....Pages 11-40
Costs, Preferences, and Institutions: The Determinants of Fiscal Decentralisation....Pages 41-80
Economic Integration and Fiscal Decentralisation....Pages 81-114
Long-Term Trends in the Public Sector: An Inquiry into German History....Pages 115-143
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 145-149

✦ Subjects

Public Finance & Economics; European Integration