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The price of federation: Comparing fiscal equalization in Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland

Regional & Federal Studies, 2020
This article examines the operation of fiscal equalization systems, where funds are methodically transferred predominantly from the central government to regions with weaker tax bases in particular (but not exclusively).
S. Brenton
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Rwanda: Lessons from Applied Intergovernmental Fiscal Equalization Formula

The International Journal of Business and Management Research, 2020
It is a well-known fact that budgetary allocations need to be based on a just formula for balanced service delivery in the modern world. This paper describes the intergovernmental formula designed for Rwanda in 2003 to allocate grants from the central to
L. L. Shirima
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Fiscal Equalization and Effects on Local Autonomy

Wseas Transactions on Business and Economics
Fiscal equalization is an important mechanism for balancing the autonomy of local government on function execution with a need for centralized fiscal management.
Fran Brahimi, Mariel Frroku
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Equalization of fiscal capacity in Russian regions: Illusion or reality?

Voprosy Ekonomiki
The striking contrast between Russian territories in terms of fiscal capacity led more than 30 years ago to the creation of a special federal methodology for allocating transfers to equalize fiscal capacity, designed to bring the level of budget services
B. Lavrovskii, E. Goryushkina
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Fiscal equalization and composition of subnational government spending: implications for regional convergence

Regional studies, 2018
This study examines the impact of fiscal equalization payments on the composition of government spending under endogenous growth theory. Analytical conjectures stemming from the model are tested empirically.
Abebe Hailemariam, Ratbek Dzhumashev
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Fiscal equalization and school finance

National Tax Journal, 1994
ANDREW RESCHOVSKY* There is a long tradition in the United States of local provision of elementary and secondary public education. In the early years of the nation, “public” edu- cation was financed primarily through voluntary contributions from local resi- dents and from direct payments by par- ents.
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