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The economics of centralism and local autonomy : fiscal decentralization in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Phillip J. Bryson ; with the assistance of Gary C. Cornia.

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The economics of centralism and local autonomy : fiscal decentralization in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Phillip J. Bryson ; with the assistance of Gary C. Cornia.
Author
Bryson, Phillip J.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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xii, 292 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and complexities of moving to a system of greater autonomy for the subnational governments of the Czech and Slovak Republics, including the future of these two governments' fiscal policies after the global recession.
Subject
  • Decentralization in government
  • Decentralization in government > Czech Republic
  • Decentralization in government > Slovakia
  • Finance and Accounting
  • Intergovernmental fiscal relations
  • Intergovernmental fiscal relations > Czech Republic
  • Intergovernmental fiscal relations > Slovakia
  • Public finance > Slovakia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-285) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I: Property Tax and Fiscal Decentralization in the Twin Republics: Launching the Transformation to Market Democracy; 1 "State Administration" vs. Self-Government in the Slovak and Czech Republics; 2 Taxes on Real Property in the Czech Republic; 3 Land and Building Taxes in the Republic of Slovakia; 4 Moral Hazard in Property Tax Administration: A Comparative Analysis of the Czech and Slovak Republics; 5 Fiscal Decentralization in Economic Transformation: The Czech and Slovak Cases; Part II: Sources of Czech and Slovak Local Revenues.
  • 6 The Property Tax, Grants, and Other Sources of Local Revenues7 User Fees in Local Finance: Performance and Potential in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Part III: Toward the Close of Transition in the Czech and Slovak Republics: An Interim Assessment of the Fiscal Decentralization Effort; 8 Local Budgeting in the Czech and Slovak Republics; 9 A Survey of Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations: A Comparative Analysis of the Czech and Slovak Republics; 10 Decentralization and Local Finance in the Czech Republic: With an Update on the Property Tax.
  • 11 Slovakia's Surge: The New System's Impact on Fiscal DecentralizationPart IV: Financial Crisis and Global Recession: The Impact on Europe, the Czech Republic, and the Slovak Republic; 12 The Global Crisis: Origins and Arrival in Europe; 13 Subnational Finance Today and Tomorrow in the Czech Republic: Impacts of the Financial Crisis and Global Recession; 14 Subnational Finance Today and Tomorrow in the Slovak Republic: Impacts of the Financial Crisis and Global Recession; Notes; References; Index.
ISBN
9780230104297
LCCN
^^2010002664
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library