Why Focus on Spending Needs Factors? : The Political Economy of Fiscal Transfer Reforms in Mexico /

An equalization system ensures that subnational governments can provide similar level of public services at a comparable level of own tax-effort. This paper focuses on the importance of spending needs factors in the design of equalization transfers as well as special purpose transfers-and the role t...

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主要作者: Ahmad, Ehtisham
其他作者: Garcia-Escribano, Mercedes, Gonzalez Anaya, Jose Antonio, Revilla, Ernesto
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/252
在線閱讀:Full text available on IMF
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