The Forum of Federations Handbook of Fiscal Federalism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Australia

   • Miranda Stewart

   Pages 1-58Open Access

3. Brazil

   • Fernando Rezende, Alexandre Cialdini, Bernardo Motta

   Pages 59-95Open Access

4. Canada

   • Jean-François Tremblay

   Pages 97-123Open Access

5. Ethiopia

   • Sisay Regassa Senbeta, Yakob Bekele Hundie

   Pages 125-158Open Access

6. Fiscal Federalism in Germany

   • Yannick Bury, Lars P. Feld

   Pages 159-211Open Access

7. Republic of India

   • V. N. Alok

   Pages 213-255Open Access

8. Italy

   • Elisabeth Alber, Alice Valdesalici

   Pages 257-296Open Access

9. South Africa

   • Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Eddie M. Rakabe

   Pages 297-339Open Access

10. Spain

    • Julio López-Laborda, Jorge Martínez-Vázquez, Carlos Monasterio-Escudero

    Pages 341-382Open Access

11. Switzerland

    • Christoph A. Schaltegger, Lukas A. Schmid

    Pages 383-419Open Access

12. United States

    • Teresa Garcia-Milà, Therese J. McGuire

    Pages 421-447Open Access

13. Comparative Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism Systems

    • Jean-François Tremblay

    Pages 449-474Open Access

14. Back Matter

    Pages 475-483

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This open access handbook compares fiscal federalism arrangements in eleven federal/ decentralized countries. Each chapter examines an individual country, laying out its constitutional design as relates to fiscal powers and the division of those powers between levels of government. Specifically, the analyses consider powers of taxation, spending, regulation, and more. Focusing on Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, the contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while also coping with the ongoing challenges of globalization and citizen empowerment that arise from the information revolution. As a companion to the Forum of Federations Handbook of Federal Countries 2020, this volume considers how relationships and roles in different orders of government are being reshaped, and shows how local solutions inspired by global principles help strengthen government accountability and improve citizens’ quality of life.

This is an open access book.

• Fiscal Federalism
• federalist countries
• fiscal powers
• constitution
• constitutional design
• government spending
• government regulation
• provinces
• municipal governance
• globalization
• citizen empowerment
• information revolution
• government accountability
• fiscal federalism management
• multi-level systems
• decentralized governance
• IGFR
• multi-level finance
• public finance
• Open Access

• Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  Jean-François Tremblay

Jean-François Tremblay is Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa, Canada.