Political Economy of Inter-Regional Fiscal Flows: Measurement Determinants and Effects on Country Stability (Studies in Fiscal Federalism and State-local Finance)

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 9
Preface and acknowledgements......Page 12
1. Inter- regional fiscal flows: introduction to the issues......Page 14
PART I Counting monies: measurement and practice of inter-regional fiscal fl ows......Page 24
2. Inter-regional fiscal flows: measurement tools......Page 26
3. Inter-regional fiscal flows: interpretation issues......Page 52
Comment I......Page 72
Comment II......Page 77
4. Constitutional reforms, fiscal decentralization and regional fiscal flows in Italy......Page 88
5. Measurement and practice of fiscal flows: the case of Belgium......Page 121
6. Inter-regional fiscal flows: Canada......Page 138
Comment III......Page 159
7. Inter-regional fiscal flows: methodologies, results and their determinant factors for Spain......Page 163
Comment IV......Page 186
Comment V......Page 195
PART II Beyond the data: why some regions get more money......Page 202
8. Federalism and inter-regional redistribution......Page 204
Comment VI......Page 233
9. Decentralization by politicians: creation of grants-financed local jurisdictions......Page 240
10. The political rationale of regional financing in Spain......Page 262
Comment VII......Page 283
11. The determinants of regional transport investment across Europe......Page 289
12. The determinants of the regional allocation of infrastructure investment in Spain......Page 310
Comment VIII......Page 333
PART III In or out? Regional redistribution and the stability of federations......Page 340
13. Federalism, regional redistribution and country stability......Page 342
Comment IX......Page 364
14. The costs and benefits of staying together: the Catalan case in Spain......Page 370
15. The costs and benefits of constitutional options for Québec and Canada......Page 384
16. Staying together? Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom......Page 402
Index......Page 418