List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: State Intervention and the Development of Fiscal Equalisation Systems in Federal Countries: An Historical Introduction Mikel Erkoreka Part 1 Theoretical Framework of Fiscal Equalisation 1 The Economics of Fiscal Equalisation Andoni Montes-Nebreda 2 Paradigms of Subnational Government Participation in Equalisation Mechanisms: A Comparative and Constitutional Outlook Francisco Javier Romero-Caro and Alice Valdesalici Part 2 Fiscal Federalism and Equalisation in Practice: Case Studies 3 Redistribution and Equalisation in Fiscal Federalism and the Structure of Territorial Imbalances in Argentina Miguel Ángel Asensio, Florencia Martino and Pamela Fadul 4 From Full to Partial Equalisation: The Case of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation in Australia Tracy B. Fenwick and Miranda Stewart 5 The Political Economy of Federal Equalisation Policy in Canada Olivier Jacques, Daniel Béland and André Lecours 6 The Political Economy of Federal Grants: Ethiopia's Experience Bizuneh Yimenu 7 Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations during the covid19 Pandemic in Germany: Was the New Fiscal Equalisation Scheme able to Hamper Financial Dislocations? Gisela Färber 8 Fiscal Federalism and Territorial Inequalities: India's Experience Govind Bhattacharjee 9 Confronting Territorial Inequality among South African Municipalities: Challenges to the Fiscal Equalisation System Jaap de Visser, Tinashe Chigwata and Nico Steytler 10 Inter-regional Inequalities and Fiscal Equalisation in Spain Mario Kölling and Ana Herrero-Alcalde 11 The Swiss System of Fiscal Equalisation - Balancing Cantonal Tax Autonomy and Federal Solidarity Eva Maria Belser and Mikel Erkoreka Index.