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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Tác giả chính: Ahmad, Ehtisham
Tác giả khác: Garcia-Escribano, Mercedes, Gonzalez Anaya, Jose Antonio, Revilla, Ernesto
Định dạng: Tạp chí
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Loạt:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/252
Truy cập trực tuyến:Full text available on IMF
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