TY  - BOOK
AU  - Owens,Jeffrey
AU  - Panella,Giorgio
TI  - Local government: an international perspective 
SN  - 044489148X 
U1  - 352 LOC 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Elsevier Science Pub. Co.
KW  - Local finance
KW  - Local government
N1  - Selection of papers and communications presented at a conference held in Pavia, Italy, May 29-30, 1989; Includes bibliographical references; 
The Rationale for Decentralisation. The Role of Lower Levels of Government: The Experience of Selected OECD Countries (J. Owens, J. Norregaard). Reasons for the Decentralisation of Government (S. Smith). The Financing of Local Government: An Overview. The Challenge of Policy Compatibility and Local Finances: A Discussion with Reference to the Italian Situation and the 1993 Objective (C. Imbriani, P. Roberti). Financing Local Government in OECD Countries: The Role of Local Taxes and User Charges (R.M. Bird, E. Slack). The Choice between Different Sources of Finance (N. Tatsos). Local Government Finance: The Need for Resource Diversification (G. Panella). Financing Local Government in the United States (J. Kincaid). The Financing of Local Government: Grants and Equalisation Policies. Grants as a Source of Local Government Finance (D. King). Local Government Financing and Equalisation Policies in Italy (M. Mare', V. Visco Comandini). Towards a Revision of the Theory of Fiscal Federalism? (M. Rey). Controlling Local Government. Controlling Local Government: The Italian Experience (A. Fraschini, F. Osculati). Control of Local Government. The Experience of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom (J. Lotz). The Instruments for Financial Control of Local Governments in The Netherlands (G.J. Uhl). List of Participants
N2  - Selection of papers and communications presented at a conference on Local Government Finance held in Pavia, Italy on 29-30 May 1989. The discussions were divided into four main areas: I: The rationale for decentralization; II: The financing of local government: an overview; III: The Financing of local government : grants and equilisation policies and IV: Controlling local government. In each area, both theoretical and policy issues were discussed and an attempt made to identify the lessons that Italy could learn from the experciences of other countries
ER  -