Comparing Fiscal Federalism: (10 Studies in Territorial and Cultural Diversity Governance)

Comparing Fiscal Federalism investigates intergovernmental financial relations and the current de jure and de facto allocation of financial and fiscal powers in compound states from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. The volume combines theoretical approaches with case studies and involves scholars from various disciplines, in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of different approaches, developments and trends. This includes outlining fiscal federalism’s basic principles and overall frameworks, investigating current constitutional/legislative settings and how financial systems function, as well as zooming in on a selection of emerging issues in financial and fiscal relations. The single chapters are based on comparative investigations under the umbrella of a broad definition of fiscal federalism that includes all varieties of federal systems.

Table of Contents:
Preface List of Acronyms Notes on Contributors Introduction: Methodological Approach and Structure of This Book  Alice Valdesalici and Francesco Palermo Part 1: Framework and Principles 1 Defining Fiscal Federalism  Alice Valdesalici 2 From a Formal to a Substantial Approach: Sources of Law and Fiscal Federalism  Sara Parolari 3 Financial Autonomy vs. Solidarity: A Dialogue between Two Complementary Opposites  Cheryl Saunders 4 The Practicalities of Economic Federalism: A Critical Review of How to Apply the Lessons of Fiscal Autonomy in Practice  Andrew Hughes Hallett 5 The Principles of Separation and Correspondence, the Comparative Method, and the Problem of Semantic Change  Matteo Nicolini Part 2:Foundations Section 1: The Distribution of Powers 6 Accountability and Revenue Assignment across Levels of Government: Rules, Practices, and Challenges  Maria Flavia Ambrosanio, Paolo Balduzzi and Claudia Peiti 7 Taxing Powers of Subnational Entities: Between Domestic and Supranational Constraints  Gisela Färber 8 Can Lessons from Equalisation Transfers in Industrial Countries be Applied to Reforms in Emerging-Market Countries?  Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio 9 Fiscal Decentralisation and Decentralising Tax Administration: Different Questions, Different Answers  Richard M. Bird Section 2: Intergovernmental Financial Relations 10 Intergovernmental Financial Relations: Institutions, Rules, and Praxis  Elisabeth Alber 11 Accommodating Diversity While Guaranteeing Stability: The Role of Financial Arrangements  Annika Kress Part 3: New Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism 12 Local Governments in African Federal and Devolved Systems of Government: The Struggle for a Balance between Financial and Fiscal Autonomy and Discipline  Nico Steytler and Zemelak Ayele 13 Fiscal Sovereignty in a Globalised World: The Pressure of European Economic Governance on Domestic Public Finance  Jan Schnellenbach 14 Fiscal Federalism in Times of Crisis: An Iron Law of Centralisation?  Karl Kössler and Martina Trettel 15 Comparative Research and Fiscal Federalism  Ronald L. Watts 16 A Post Scriptum to Ron Watts: The Trajectory of Fiscal Federalism  Francesco Palermo

About the Author :
Alice Valdesalici Ph.D. (2016), University of Verona, is senior researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen and adjunct lecturer in Comparative Public Law at the University of Verona. Her main research interests include comparative fiscal federalism, federalism and regionalism, Italian and European constitutional law. Francesco Palermo, Ph.D. (1998), University of Innsbruck, is Head of the Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen and Professor of Comparative Public Law at the University of Verona. He has over 300 publications in several languages, including 11 monographs, particularly in comparative, Italian and European constitutional law, minority rights, cross-border cooperation, federalism and regionalism.