Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/vRcj6Iv Hamilton's Paradox The Promise and Peril of Fiscal Federalism By: Jonathan A. Rodden Publisher: Cambridge University Press Print ISBN: 9780521842693, 0521842697 eText ISBN: 9780511133565, 0511133561 Edition: 1st Format: PDF Available from $ 30.00 USD SKU 9780511133565 As new federations take shape and old ones are revived around the world, a difficult challenge is to create incentives for fiscal discipline. A key question is whether a politically-motivated central government can credibly commit not to bail out subnational governments in times of crisis if it funds most of their expenditures. The center can commit when subnational governments retain significant tax autonomy, as in the United States. Or if the center dominates taxation, it can tightly regulate borrowing, as in many unitary systems. In a third group of countries including Brazil and Germany, the center can neither commit to a system of market-based discipline nor gain a monopoly over borrowing. By combining theory, quantitative analysis, and historical and contemporary case studies, this book explains why different countries have had dramatically different experiences with subnational fiscal discipline.
