Federalism and Economic Reform

by Wallack, Jessica; Srinivasan, T. N.

• ISBN13: 9781107402546
• ISBN10: 1107402549
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-21
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

This collection focuses on the ways in which federalism has affected and been affected by economic reform, especially global integration. The editors and contributors focus in particular on the political economy of institutional and economic change--how the division of authority between national and subnational governments shapes debates over policy changes, as well as how the changing economic environment creates incentives to modify the basic agreements between levels of governments. Each chapter contains a historical overview, and an in-depth account of division of authority, lines of accountability, and legislative, bureaucratic, and other arenas in which the levels of government interact for a particular country.

Table of Contents

Stylized models and the political economy reality

Federalism in Argentina and the reforms of the 1990s

Australia: central fiscal dominance, collaborative Federalism, and economic reform

The Brazilian Federation: facts, challenges, and perspectives

Changing with the times: success, failure and inertia in Canadian Federal arrangements, 1945-2002

Fiscal Federalism and economic reform in China

Indian Federalism, economic reform and globalization

Mexico's decentralization at a cross-roads

Transfer dependence and regional disparities in Nigerian Federalism

Conclusions and lessons for further study

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