Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies 1st Edition by Gregory K Ingram, Yu Hung Hong ISBN 1558442596 9781558442597

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ISBN 10: 1558442596

ISBN 13: 9781558442597 

Author: Gregory K. Ingram; Yu-Hung Hong

The study of fiscal decentralization has important policy implications for urban growth management, environmental conservation, and property taxation. First, fiscal decentralization gives local governments powers to set local taxes and make local expenditures. Second, in many countries local governments also have powers to regulate land uses within the general guidelines set by higher authorities. These two powers interact so that municipalities often make land use decisions while considering their fiscal effects. Hence, an understanding of the degree to which local and provincial governments can exercise power, make decisions about their revenues and expenditures, and are held accountable for outcomes is crucial for land policy research and education.

In June 2007 the Lincoln Institute hosted the second in its series of land policy conferences to address international trends and emerging issues. The goals were to review decentralization experiences in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and developing nations and to explore areas of consensus and disagreement among scholars and analysts on the opportunities and risks of decentralization.

Three key themes emerged from the conference.

• the extent and effectiveness of local service provision under decentralization;
• the connections between decentralization and local policies; and
• the effects of intergovernmental transfers on issues such as local fiscal prudence, the association between decentralization and income distribution, and new institutional arrangements for decentralization.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Nexus of Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policy

3. Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization: A Developing Country Perspective

4. Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and Capacity

5. Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries: Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?

6. Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning: Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem?

7. School Finance Reforms, Property Tax Limitation Measures, and the Distributions of Expenditures and Class Sizes

8. Decentralization and Environmental Decision Making

9. A Cross-Country Comparison of Decentralization and Environmental Protection

10. Interjurisdictional Competition Under U.S. Fiscal Federalism

11. Local Government Finances: The Link Between Intergovernmental Transfers and Net Worth

12. Fiscal Decentralization and Income Distribution

13. Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism

14. Community Associations: Decentralizing Local Government Privately

15. Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery: A Tournament Approach

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