This book provides an overview on recent trends and policies in intergovernmental fiscal relations and sub-central govenrment.

Contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while

Decentralism of political power to regions and local government occurs worldwide in response to demands from the periphery. Such devolution of power raises a nu

Comparing Fiscal Federalism investigates intergovernmental financial relations and the current de jure and de facto allocation of financial and fiscal powers in

Over the past few decades, a clear trend has emerged worldwide toward the devolution of spending and, to a lesser extent, revenue-raising responsibilities to st