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Reforming fiscal federalism for global competition a Canada-Australia comparison
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- Creator
- edited by Paul Boothe
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c1996
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1417593245, 9780888642943, 1459303687, 0888642946, 9781417593248, 9781459303683
- OCLC
- ocm35972594, ocn923436839
- Proceedings of a conference held in Edmonton in October 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- English
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Comparative Nature of Australian and Canadian Economic Space; Some Non-Policy Explanations; Policy-Induced Differences in Geo-Economic Space; The Role of Region in National Decision Making; Globalization and the Australia/Canada Comparison; Conclusions; Appendix; 3. The Challenges of Globalisation: Lessons from Australian Experience; Lessons from Australian Experience?; Hawke's New Federalism; Intergovernmental Relations Under Keating; Regionalism Revived; Conclusions
- 4. Fiscal Federalism in Australia and Canada: A Brief Comparison of Constitutional Frameworks, Structural Features of Existing Fiscal Systems and Fiscal InstitutionsAn Overview of Stylized Facts; The Evolution of Fiscal Federalism over the Last Decade; Explaining Differences in the Degree of Fiscal Centralization; Conclusions; Appendix; 5. Tax Assignment and Fiscal Externalities in a Federal State; Fiscal Externalities in a Federal State; Applications to Australia and Canada; Conclusions; 6. Making a Mess of Tax Assignment: Australia as a Case Study; The Assignment of Taxing Powers
- Australia's Fiscal and Federal System in Broad PerspectiveThe Consequences of Fiscal Imbalance; The Causes of Fiscal Imbalance; A Scheme for Returning Taxing Powers to the States; Alternatives and Objections: Is Commonwealth Policy-Making Really Threatened?; Making Fiscal Coordination a Reality; Conclusions: Towards a New Approach to Promoting National Objectives; 7. Assigning Responsibility for Regional Stabilization: Evidence from Canada and Australia; Previous Literature; Evidence from Canada and Australia; Two Case Studies of Discretionary Fiscal Policy; Conclusions
- 8. The Partisan Component in Intergovernmental TransfersInitial Considerations; Previous Studies; The Results; Conclusions; Appendix; 9. Preserving and Promoting the Internal Economic Union: Australia and Canada; Constitutional Provisions Relating to the Internal Economic Union; International Influences; Positive Integration; Competitive Federalism and the Internal Economic Union; Conclusions; Appendix; 10. A New Federalism for Canada