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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Intergovernmental fiscal relations play a fundamental role in the economic and social development of Vietnam. As in all unitary forms of government, the central government sets national policies and assists with the financing of the activities of subnational administrative units, as well as undertaking certain expenditure responsibilities directly.
Charles E. McLure, Jr.   +1 more
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Workhorse of the Federation

open access: yes, 2010
Abstract During World War II, the Dominion developed plans to meet the public's demand for a state that would play a greater role in the development of the welfare state. As a result, “executive federalism” was born as an instrumental response to the democratic will of the people.
Harvey Lazar
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Intergovernmental fiscal relations and regional sustainability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Regions often consist of both urban, densely populated areas and rural, more remote areas. In contrast to the acknowledged socio-economic functions of urban agglomerations, rural and remote areas usually provide ecological services for society as a whole. A number of these ecological services cause costs within the jurisdiction concerned but externally
Ring, Irene
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Roles and Relations

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1990
This article reviews and assesses the changing roles and relations between the federal, state, and local governments. Specifically, we focus on intergovernmental aid, the flow of funds from the federal government to states and localities and from states to local governments.
RICHARD P. NATHAN, JOHN R. LAGO
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Fiscal Policy in China: Taxation and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

CrossRef Listing of Deleted DOIs, 2000
In Taxation Reform in China, Roy Bahl dissects and analyzes China's 1994 tax reform as a case study of a major developing country attempting to modernize its fiscal system. Starting with an examination o the fundamental question of whether Chinese taxes are too low, it goes on to analyze the reform of the country's tax structure, ax administration ...
Shawn Shieh, Roy Bahl
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The Reform of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in China*

Asian Economic Journal, 1995
This paper looks at the impact of China's fiscal decentralization on the central government's ability to use fiscal policy to achieve macroeconomic objectives. It is argued that, under the fiscal contract system introduced in the early 1980s. the localities effectively controlled the tax rates and tax bases.
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Leningrad Region [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2003
The purpose of this analysis is to describe the financial structure of the Leningrad Oblast government and its rayons, to describe the financial relations between the oblast and local governments, to identify the fiscal policy issues with which the government must deal in the next few years, and to suggest options for policy reform.
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Intergovernmental Relations: a Fiscal Perspective

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1974
The domestic functions of the federal-state-local partnership account for the most rapid increases in total government expenditures. Federal assistance now amounts to nearly one-fourth of state and local revenues. The General Accounting Office is engaged in evaluating the success of the many federal programs designed to assist state and local ...
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the Czech Republic

Eastern European Economics, 2010
A survey of Czech local officials probes perceptions of intergovernmental relations. Perceived autonomy and municipality size are tested as autonomy indicators. The impact of city size on municipal expenditures from different funding sources is evaluated.
Scott M. Smith   +2 more
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Intergovernmental fiscal relations in China [PDF]

open access: possible, 1992
The choice of the"right"fiscal relationship between central, provincial, and local governments depends on how a government weighs the benefits of decentralized economic development policies against the costs of having less effective central fiscal management.
Bahl, Roy W., Wallich, Christine
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