Contents:Foreword Introduction: Fiscal Federalism - A Review of Developments in the Literature and PolicyEhtisham Ahmad and Giorgio BrosioPART I: APPROACHES TO FISCAL FEDERALISM1. The Political Economy of DecentralizationBen Lockwood2. Horizontal Competition Among GovernmentsPierre Salmon3. Modelling Vertical CompetitionAlbert Breton4. Spatial Interactions Among GovernmentsFrederico Revelli5. Asymmetric Federalism and the Political Economy of DecentralizationRoger D. Congleton6. Functional, Overlapping and Competing Jurisdictions (FOCJ): A Complement and Alternative to Today's FederalismReiner Eichenberger and Bruno S.
Frey7. Contract FederalismPaul Bernd SpahnPART II: DECENTRALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT8. Decentralization and DevelopmentPranab Bardhan9. Fiscal Federalism in Planned EconomiesGovinda Rao 10. Decentralization and Service DeliveryJunaid Ahmad, Shantayanan Devarajan, Stuti Khemani and Shekhar ShahPART III: IMPLEMENTING MULTILEVEL FISCAL SYSTEMS11. The Assignment of Functions to Decentralized Government: From Theory to Practice Bernard Dafflon12. Normative Versus Positive Theories of Revenue Assignments in Federations Maria Flavia Ambrosiano and Massimo Bordignon13. Tax Competition in a Federal SettingJohn D.
Wilson14. Intergovernmental Redistributive Transfers: Efficiency and EquityRobin Boadway15. On the Implementation of Transfers to Subnational GovernmentsEhtisham Ahmad and Bob Searle16. Subnational Public Financial Management: Institutions and Macroeconomic Considerations Ehtisham Ahmad, Maria Albino-War and Raju SinghPART IV: EMERGING ISSUES17. The Assignment of Revenue from Natural ResourcesGiorgio Brosio18. Decentralization and the EnvironmentSilvana Dalmazzone19. Corruption and Decentralized Public GovernanceAnwar Shah20. Fiscal Federalism and National UnityRichard M.
Bird and Robert D. Ebel21. Institutions of Federalism and Decentralized GovernmentBrian GalliganIndex.