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Metropolitan Fiscal Disparities, Roy W. Bahl
Metropolitan Fiscal Disparities, Roy W. Bahl
ECON Publications
In 1990 central-city residents had a median income equivalent to about 74 percent of that earned by suburban residents. The central cities have become home to a disproportionate share of social problems: Their infrastructure is arguably in poorer condition, their unemployment rates higher, and their governments more impoverished than those of the suburbs. The evidence suggests that these conditions have remained the same or worsened over the past 20 years. Urban areas are not all the same, and suburbs are not all wealthy, but it would not be at all misleading to say that America’s poor places have become poorer …
Revenues And Revenue Assignment: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations In The Russian Federation, Roy W. Bahl
Revenues And Revenue Assignment: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations In The Russian Federation, Roy W. Bahl
ECON Publications
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Accuracy In Journalism: An Economic Approach, James C. Cox, Alvin I. Goldman
Accuracy In Journalism: An Economic Approach, James C. Cox, Alvin I. Goldman
ECON Publications
No abstract provided.
Revenue Sharing In Russia, Roy W. Bahl, Sally Wallace
Revenue Sharing In Russia, Roy W. Bahl, Sally Wallace
ECON Publications
The Russian system of federalism is in the midst of a difficult transition from a highly centralized to a more decentralized regime. It is a reasonable proposition that the final · solution will somehow be a kind of assignment system, but it is unclear what path will have to be followed to reach that stated goal. The present system of revenue sharing is based on shared taxes and subventions. It is a two-tiered system, with the federal government laying down the rules for central-oblast sharing, and each oblast making the rules for the local governments within its jurisdiction. This paper …
Fiscal Decentralization And Intergovernmental Transfers In Less Developed Countries, Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn
Fiscal Decentralization And Intergovernmental Transfers In Less Developed Countries, Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn
ECON Publications
This article addresses the issue of fiscal decentralization in developing countries, and the use of intergovernmental transfers to achieve this objective. We find that developing countries have more centralized fiscal structures and argue that this is consistent with the theory of fiscal federalism. Economic development, however, does push the advantage toward decentralization. We also show that developing countries use a wide variety of transfer instruments to fund local governments, and that these instruments give the national government varying degrees of control over local government finances.