Title Public finance in developing and transitional countries : essays in honor of Richard Bird / edited by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and James Alm

Published Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Ma. : Edward Elgar, [2003] ©2003

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Description xiii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance. Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction to the volume -- James Aim and Jorge Martinez- Vazquez 1 -- -- Section I. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations -- -- 2. Fiscal decentralization: the provincial-local dimension -- Roy Bahl and Sally Wallace 5 -- 3. Challenges of fiscal decentralization in developing and -- transitional economies: an Asian perspective -- M. Govinda Rao 35 -- 4. Liberalization and the spatial allocation of population in -- developing and transition countries -- David E. Wildasin 63 -- 5. On the measurement and impact of fiscal decentralization -- Robert D. Ebel and Serdar Yilmaz 101 -- Comments on Section I. -- Deborah Wetzel 121 -- -- Section II. Tax Evasion, Tax Administration and the Role of -- Government -- -- 6. The cost of government and the misuse of public assets -- Vito Tanzi and Tej Prakash 129 -- 7. Institutions, paradigms, and tax evasion in developing and -- transition countries -- James Aim and Jorge Martinez- Vazquez 146 -- 8. The circular flow of debts and barter in a transition economy: -- the case of Ukraine -- Wayne Thirsk 179 -- -- -- -- -- Section III. Fiscal Policy -- -- 9. Growth and taxes: some implications for developing 205 -- economies -- Jack M. Mintz -- 10. Is fiscal stability compatible with decentralization? The case -- of Latin America -- William Dillinger, Guillermo Perry and Steven B. Webb 232 -- 11. How should tobacco be taxed in EU-accession countries? -- Sijbren Cnossen 261 -- 12. Taxation of electronic commerce in developing countries -- Charles E. McLure, Jr. 283 -- Comments on 'Taxation of electronic commerce in developing -- countries' by Charles E. McLure, Jr. -- Peggy B. Musgrave 324 -- Taxation and budget constraints of sub-national governments: some -- links. -- Comments on Section III. -- Francois Vaillancourt 327 -- -- Section IV. A Summing Up -- -- 13. Taking the low road -- Richard M. Bird 335 -- -- Index 348 Notes Essays presented at a conference held in the spring of 2001 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Finance, Public -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Fiscal policy -- Developing countries -- Congresses. SUBJECT Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114842 Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Festschriften. Author Bird, Richard M. (Richard Miller), 1938- Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge. Alm, James. LC no. 2002021258 ISBN 1840648813

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