scholarly journals REVIEW NOTE: Local Government Reform and Local Government Finance

1970 ◽  
pp. 153-163
Author(s):  
Brian Dollery
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Information Revolution ◽  
Government Finance ◽  
Local Public Finance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Government Finance ◽  
Adequate Funding

The multi-faceted problem of local government finance has attracted increasing attention in the new millennium. The reasons for the renewed interest in this thorny question are comparatively straightforward. In the first place, for the past two decades all public sector institutions have been profoundly affected by the twin revolutions simultaneously sweeping the world – the globalization of the international economy and the information revolution wrought by the computer age – and local government is no exception. Not only have these inexorable forces had dramatic implications for the structure of government as a whole, and relationships between the different tiers of government, but also for service provision and public finance, including local public finance. Secondly, substantially heightened demands on local government, together with limited access to adequate funding, have seen the genesis of a deepening crisis in the financial sustainability of local government entities.

Das Gemeindesteuersystem erneut auf dem Prüfstand. Ökonomische Bewertung der Erfolgsaussichten einer modifizierten Variante des Reformmodells der Stiftung Marktwirtschaft

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Döring
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Public Choice ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Government Finance ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Local Government Finance ◽  
German Cities

AbstractIn Germany, the current situation of local government finance is still worrying. Up to now, all political attempts to reform the German local tax system fundamentally led to no satisfying result. For this reason, new reform initiatives gain particular attention in scientific and political discussion. Against this background, the paper examines the proposal for reform of the existing local tax system presented by Stiftung Marktwirtschaft. By highlighting public finance characteristics of economically reasonable local government finances as well as public choice characteristics of a politically successful reform, it will be shown that within some small but important modifications the proposal of Stiftung Marktwirtschaft is in a position to solve local government finance problems in a durable manner. This result is consecuted by an empirical simulation of the fiscal effects for all German local authorities. The fiscal simulation demonstrates that more then ninety percent of German cities and municipalities will gain from a political implementation of the proposal for reform.

A New Financial Framework for the Local Authority Education Service in Britain

1984 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
S J Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Block Grant ◽  
Government Finance ◽  
Minimum Standards ◽  
Local Government Finance ◽  
Education Service ◽  
Financial Framework ◽  
And Control

In this paper, the point is argued that the British block grant system for local government finance is becoming increasingly inappropriate as a means of achieving both equalisation and control of local spending. It calls for a separate educational block grant which would facilitate achievement of both these objectives. Furthermore, it would clarify the fields of responsibility of British central and local government by integrating the concept of minimum standards of service provision into the grant system.

The Geography of Public Finance: Welfare under Fiscal Federalism and Local Government Finance

1982 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Grofman ◽  
R. J. Bennet ◽  
Alan D. Burnett ◽  
Peter J. Taylor ◽  
Peter J. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Government Finance ◽  
Local Government Finance

scholarly journals The Covid-19 pandemic and local government finance: Czechia and Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 837-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juraj Nemec ◽  
David Špaček
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Government Finance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Local Public Finance ◽  
Local Government Finance ◽  
Available Information ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Leading Question

PurposeThe current Covid-19 crisis research focuses especially on epidemiologic and macro-level socioeconomic aspects. It only marginally covers impacts on local budgets. Our intention is to enrich the existing limited debate on this dimension.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a qualitative research approach and is based on secondary research and information available in restrictive regulations of national governments, data published by governmental bodies, international statistics and media articles published before 30 June 2020. The authors also conducted six non-structured online interviews with the leading question: “How do you see the current and future impacts of the pandemic on local public finance?”FindingsAvailable information on Czechia and Slovakia indicates that the level of municipal fiscal imbalance as the result of the Covid-19 crisis is not proportional to the situation on the central level, and municipal financial resources are not commensurate with their responsibilities as outlined by the constitution and the law. Because the reaction of the central government in both countries to this situation has been inadequate, municipalities will face problems with service delivery in some areas, especially in culture and sport.Originality/valueThe authors enrich the growing debate about the current Covid-19 crisis and its consequences and focus on local government finance in two selected countries from Central and Eastern Europe.

scholarly journals Financing State and Local Services in a Cyclical Economy

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred C. White ◽  
Wesley N. Musser
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Fiscal Crisis ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Government Finance ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Government Finance ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Favorable Conditions

During the past six years, state-local government finance ranged from a situation of fiscal crisis in 1970, to a boom in 1972-73, and back to a crisis in 1974-75. This was far worse than any since the Great Depression. During the recession of 1970-71, rising state and local tax revenues and federal grants did not keep pace with increases in expenditures resulting primarily from inflation [21, p. 500]. More favorable conditions in 1972-73, though, saw researchers projecting large future surpluses for the remainder of the decade and calling for reductions in tax rates and increases in expenditures [11, pp. 364-366].

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