UID:
edoccha_9958125292102883
Format:
xxii, 338 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-74459-X
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9786611744595
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0-8213-6327-1
Series Statement:
Public sector governance and accountability series
Content:
The design of a federal system to deal with growth, stabilization, and regional and local development issues is the primary concern of this volume, edited by Anwar Shah. The book provides analytical tools to address issues arising from globalization, localization, and regional integration. It discusses tax harmonization issues associated with subnational value added tax administration. It provides a framework for fiscal discipline in a federal system. Lessons from international experiences from policies to deal with lagging regions are drawn. The book empirically examines the effect of fiscal
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Macro federalism: an introduction with principal reference to the Canadian experience / Thomas J. Courchene -- Globalization, the information revolution, and emerging imperatives for rethinking fiscal federalism / Anwar Shah -- Federalism and macroeconomic performance / Anwar Shah -- Regional income disparities and covergence: measurement and policy impact evolution / Raja Shankar and Anwar Shah -- Harmonizing taxation of interstate trade under a sub-national VAT: lessons from international experience / Mahesh C. Purohit -- Subnational borrowing, insolvency and regulation / Lili Liu and Michael Waibel -- A local perspective on fiscal federalism: practices, experiences, and lessons from industrial countries / Melville L. McMillan -- Decentralized governance in developing and transition countires: a comparative review / Sebastian Eckardt and Anwar Shah.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6326-3
Language:
English
