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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811411503321

Titolo

Fiscal decentralization and land policies / / edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge [Mass.], : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, c2008

ISBN

1-55844-259-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Collana

Land Policy Series ; ; v.2

Altri autori (Persone)

IngramGregory K

HongYu-hung

Disciplina

333.77

Soggetti

Intergovernmental fiscal relations

Land use - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Nexus of Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies - Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong""; ""Achieving Decentralization Objectives""; ""2 Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization: A Developing Country Perspective - Roy Bahl""; ""3 Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and Capacity - Paul Smoke""; ""Commentary - Robert D. Ebel""

""4 Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries: Do Decentralized Operations Work Better? - Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, and Vito Tanzi""""Commentary - Paul Bernd Spahn""; ""Decentralization, Local Governance, and Land Policy""; ""5 Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning: Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem? - William A. Fischel""; ""Commentary - Lee Anne Fennell""; ""6 School Finance Reforms and Property Tax Limitation Measures - Daniel P. McMillen and Larry D. Singell Jr.""; ""Commentary - Dennis Epple""; ""7 Decentralization and Environmental Decision Making - Shelby Gerking""

""Commentary - Lawrence Susskind""""8 A Cross-Country Comparison of Decentralization and Environmental Protection - Hilary Sigman""; ""Commentary - Maureen L. Cropper""; ""9 Interjurisdictional Competition Under U.S. Fiscal Federalism - Sally Wallace""; ""Commentary - Jeffrey S. Zax""; ""Emerging Challenges and



Opportunities""; ""10 Local Government Finances: The Link Between Intergovernmental Transfers and Net Worth - Luiz de Mello""; ""Commentary - Ronald C. Fisher""; ""11 Fiscal Decentralization and Income Distribution - Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepulveda""

""Commentary - Christine P. W. Wong""""12 Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism - Thomas J. Nechyba""; ""Commentary - Helen F. Ladd""; ""13 Community Associations: Decentralizing Local Government Privately - Robert H. Nelson""; ""Commentary - Robert W. Helsley""; ""14 Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery: A Tournament Approach - Clifford F. Zinnes""; ""Commentary - Jose Roberto R. Afonso and Sergio Guimars Ferreira""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy""