Fiscal decentralization and the challenge of hard budget constraints / edited by Jonathan Rodden, Gunnar S. Eskeland, and Jennie Litvack.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rodden, Jonathan.

Eskeland, Gunnar S.

Litvack, Jennie I. (Jennie Ilene), 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiscal policy.

Intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Physical Description:

x, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2003]

Summary:

A multi-country study of the conditions under which decentralized countries might ensure fiscal discipline.

Contents:

Transfers and bailouts: enforcing local fiscal discipline with lessons from U.S. federalism / Robert P. Inman

Constraining subnational fiscal behavior in Canada: different approaches, similar results? / Richard M. Bird and Almos Tassonyi

Vertical imbalance and fiscal behavior in a welfare state: Norway / Jørn Rattsø

Soft budget constraints and German federalism / Jonathan Rodden

Argentina: hardening the provincial budget constraint / Stephen B. Webb

Federalism and bailouts in Brazil / Jonathan Rodden

The challenge of fiscal discipline in the Indian states / William J. McCarten

Soft budget constraints and local government in China / Jing Jin and Heng-fu Zou

Creating incentives for fiscal discipline in the new South Africa / Junaid Ahmad

Systematic soft budget constraints in Ukraine / Sean O'Connell and Deborah Wetzel

Strengthening hard budget constraints in Hungary / Deborah Wetzel and Anita Papp

Lessons and conclusions / Jonathan Rodden and Gunnar S. Eskeland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262182297

OCLC:

50314814