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Civil War Finance: Lessons For Today, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Civil War Finance: Lessons For Today, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
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User Fees In Local Finance: Performance And Potential In Czech And Slovak Republics, Phillip J. Bryson
User Fees In Local Finance: Performance And Potential In Czech And Slovak Republics, Phillip J. Bryson
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The Czech Republic and Slovakia, like other transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, have given significant lip service to fiscal decentralization and engaged in public administration reforms. But the subnational governments of their public finance systems still lack relative autonomy, which could be addressed partly through developing independent revenue sources for their municipalities and regions. Currently, such independent revenue sources include the proceeds of a strictly nominal property tax as well as those of a small set of local user fees and taxes designed and approved by the central governments. Together they represent only about 5 percent of total …
Looking At Communities And Markets, Lan Cao
Looking At Communities And Markets, Lan Cao
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Reflections On Britain's Research Assessment Exercise, Jayne W. Barnard
Reflections On Britain's Research Assessment Exercise, Jayne W. Barnard
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Corporate Loans To Directors And Officers -- Every Business Now A Bank?, Jayne W. Barnard
Corporate Loans To Directors And Officers -- Every Business Now A Bank?, Jayne W. Barnard
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In most states, a corporation may loan money to an officer or director if the board of directors authorizes the loan and finds that it will "benefit" the corporation. According to Professor Jayne W. Barnard, however, this benefit requirement has proved to be an illusory standard. Barnard reviews existing law on the subject and surveys the executive lending practices of 152 publicly held corporations. She concludes that executive loan enabling statutes have failed to consider the risks involved in making such loans, such as illiquidity, inadequate collateralization, inclination to default, and volatility of the economy. As a result, current laws …
Regulation Of Government Agencies Through Limitation Riders, Neal Devins
Regulation Of Government Agencies Through Limitation Riders, Neal Devins
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Congress often attaches limitation riders to appropriations bills to establish its policy directives. Professor Devins argues that the appropriations process is not the proper vehicle for substantive policymaking. In this article, he analyzes institutional characteristics that prevent the full consideration or articulation of policy in appropriations bills. Professor Devins also considers the extent to which Congress's use of limitation riders inhibits the effectiveness of the other branches of the federal government. Professor Devins concludes that, while Congress's use of limitation riders is sometimes necessary, Congress should be aware of the significant risks associated with policymaking through the appropriations process.