03830nam 22005895 450 991034953230332120200704190152.03-030-21986-010.1007/978-3-030-21986-4(CKB)4100000009184974(MiAaPQ)EBC5892518(DE-He213)978-3-030-21986-4(EXLCZ)99410000000918497420190905d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLocal Public Finance and Economics An International Perspective /by Harry Kitchen, Melville McMillan, Anwar Shah1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (521 pages)Includes indexes.3-030-21985-2 1. Local Public Finance and Economics – Theory and the Practice: An Introductory Overview -- 2. Expenditures and Revenue Assignment: Principles -- 3. Expenditure and Revenue Assignment: Practices -- 4. Structural Design -- 5. Expenditure and Service Delivery: Core Services and Regulation -- 6. Expenditures and Service Delivery: Social Services -- 7. Provision and Finance of Infrastructure -- 8. Local Taxation -- 9. Property Taxation: Principles -- 10. Local Income, Sales and Environmental Taxes -- 11. Charges and User Fees -- 12. Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Principles -- 13. Higher Order Fiscal Transfers to Local Governments: An Overview of Worldwide Practices -- 14. Higher Order Government Financing of Metropolitan Areas.Globalization and the information revolution have highlighted the catalytic role of local governments for improving economic and social outcomes at the local level as well as growing the national economy by enhancing international competitiveness. This comprehensive account of local public finance and economics brings together principles and better practices for improving quality and access of local public services provision. The volume covers assignment of responsibilities; jurisdictional design; local service delivery; local regulation; local self-financing options such as income, sales, property and environmental taxation, user charges and fees; infrastructure finance options; and higher order government financing of local governments. The treatment is non-technical and suitable for a wide variety of audiences including scholars, instructors, students, media, policy advisers and practitioners.Public financeFinance, PublicPublic policyPolitical sciencePublic Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W34000Public Financehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/611000Public Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911060Governance and Governmenthttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911220Public finance.Finance, Public.Public policy.Political science.Public Economics.Public Finance.Public Policy.Governance and Government.352.1352.4214Kitchen Harryauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut141226McMillan Melvilleauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autShah Anwarauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910349532303321Local Public Finance and Economics2289751UNINA