Why Is Central Regulation of Local Spending Decisions So Pervasive? Evidence From a Case Study
作者:
Fredrik Carlsen,
期刊:
Public Budgeting&Finance
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 1
页码: 43-57
ISSN:0275-1100
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.01030
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
While the “classical” theory of fiscal federalism argues that local authorities should have substantial discretion to set the local budgetary mix, surveys show that central regulation of local spending decisions is pervasive. Norway provides an ideal setting for studying spending regulations. An attempt to decentralize fiscal choice to the local levels, the block grant reform, has been reversed in recent years. This article presents a case study of the interaction between a county and the national government from 1986, when the reform was implemented, to 1992. The study concludes that the government introduced new regulations to prevent local authorities from distorting spending decisions in order to elicit higher gra
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