Fiscal decentralisation in Europe : a review of recent experience
Darby, Julia and Muscatelli, Anton and Roy, Graeme (2003) Fiscal decentralisation in Europe : a review of recent experience. European Research in Regional Science, 13. pp. 1-32. ISSN 0960-6130
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Abstract
In this paper we review countries' diverse experiences to draw conclusions on the pitfalls and opportunities that are open through decentralisation of governments' fiscal responsibilities to sub-central jurisdictions. We begin by reviewing the theoretical arguments for and against the decentralisation of spending responsibilities. We also provide a cross country comparison of the extent to which spending powers have been devolved in a range of European countries, putting each country's position into a wider context. Second, we review some insights from the theory of fiscal federalism on fiscal autonomy and assess the extent of autonomy at subcentral tiers of government in the same set of countries. We discuss the approaches that have been followed, and a number of the difficulties that particular countries have faced, as the fiscal autonomy of sub-central tiers of government has evolved. Our conclusions are set out in the final section.
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Darby, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4425-7222, Muscatelli, Anton and Roy, Graeme;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 6920 Dates: DateEventApril 2003PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Economic Theory
Political Science > Political institutions (General)
Social Sciences > Public Finance
Political Science > Local government Municipal governmentDepartment: Strathclyde Business School > Economics Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 25 Sep 2008 Last modified: 06 Sep 2024 00:34 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/6920