OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies Measuring Fiscal Decentralisation Concepts and Policies


Book Description

This book deals with two issues. The first concerns the various measurement of fiscal decentralization in general and their usefulness for policy analysis. The second and more specific issue concerns the taxonomy of intergovernmental grants and the limits of the current classifications.




OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies Measuring Fiscal Decentralisation Concepts and Policies


Book Description

This book deals with two issues. The first concerns the various measurement of fiscal decentralization in general and their usefulness for policy analysis. The second and more specific issue concerns the taxonomy of intergovernmental grants and the limits of the current classifications.




OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies Fiscal Decentralisation and Inclusive Growth in Asia


Book Description

This report looks at the challenges faced by Asian countries in addressing inclusive growth and fiscal decentralisation. A series of studies examines how policies in the region have evolved in accordance with changes in demography and the economic environment, reflecting country characteristics, history and political economy forces.










Fiscal Federalism 2014 Making Decentralisation Work


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This book provides an overview on recent trends and policies in intergovernmental fiscal relations and sub-central govenrment.




Handbook of Multilevel Finance


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This Handbook explores and explains new developments in the _second generation‘ theory of public finance, in which benevolent rulers and governments have been replaced by personally motivated politicians and the associated institutions. Following a com




OECD Economic Surveys: Finland 2014


Book Description

This 2014 Economic Survey of Finland examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. Special chapters look at ageing and local public finances.




Fiscal Decentralization and the Efficiency of Public Service Delivery


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This paper explores the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of public service delivery. It uses a stochastic frontier method to estimate time-varying efficiency coefficients and analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on those efficiency coefficients. The findings indicate that fiscal decentralization can improve the efficiency of public service delivery but only under specific conditions. First, the decentralization process requires adequate political and institutional environments. Second, a sufficient degree of expenditure decentralization seems necessary to obtain favorable outcomes. Third, decentralization of expenditure needs to be accompanied by sufficient decentralization of revenue. Absent those conditions, fiscal decentralization can worsen the efficiency of public service delivery.




Government at a Glance 2011


Book Description

This second edition of Government at a Glance almost doubles the number of available indicators and also offers two special chapters, one on leveraged governance and one the policy implications of fiscal consolidation.