PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF FISCAL AUTONOMY
Federalism Studies
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Principles and Practices of Fiscal Autonomy
Experiences, Debates and Prospects
Edited by
GIANCARLO POLA
upolis Lombardia, Regional Institute for Research, Training and Statistics, Lombardy, Italy
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Principles and practices of fiscal autonomy : experiences, debates and prospects / by Giancarlo Pola.
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Giorgio Brosio is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Torino, Italy. He has been President of the Italian Public Economics Association and President of the European Public Choice Society. His research interests focus on public choice and fiscal federalism. He has worked as a consultant for international institutions (IMF, World Bank, IADB, ADFB and the EU) on taxation, natural resources and decentralization issues. He has long record of publications.
Antoni Castells is Professor of Public Finance at the University of Barcelona and Director of EuropeG. He is author of numerous articles and books related to the topics of fiscal federalism, regional economy and the welfare state. He has been a member of the Court of Auditors of Catalonia; elected member of the Parliament of Catalonia for the PSC (Catalan Socialist Party); and Spanish member of the European Court of Auditors and Minister of Economy and Finance of the Government of Catalonia (200310).
Gianfranco Cerea is Professor of Public Economics in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Trento. He has carried out several researches in public finance, with particular interest for fiscal federalism, public services provision and cost, public and complementary pensions and social housing. He covered positions of advisor and consultant of government bodies at national and regional level.
Bernard Dafflon is Dr in Economics from the University of Fribourg, 1971, and D. Phil. from the University of York, GB (1976). He was chief economist at the Ministry of Interior and Institutions in the canton of Fribourg (197790) and Professor in Public Finance and Public Policies at the University of Fribourg (19862013). He has published extensively in fiscal federalism, decentralization and local public finance. He has been an independent expert for the Council of Europe (19942006), the World Bank (from 1999), the Agence Franaise de Dveloppement, Paris (since 2008) and the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency, Bern (since 2008). He is still active as adviser for several cantonal and local governments in Switzerland.
Gisela Frber holds the Chair of Public Finance at the University of Administrative Sciences Speyer and is coordinator of the research group Public Sector Benchmarking at the German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer. Her research covers fiscal federalism, local finance, demographic change, pension policies, public administration, finance of education, reduction of administrative burdens and Chinas economy and administrative system. She has lengthy experience with advisory work for national, regional and international governments and Parliaments.
Charlie Jeffery is Professor of Politics and Senior Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh. He directed the Future of the UK and Scotland Programme, coordinating research around Scotlands independence referendum in 201315. He has advised UK and Scottish parliamentary committees on devolution and served as a member of the Expert Group on Finance which advised the Commission on Scottish Devolution in 200809.
Juan Pablo Jimnez is Economic Affairs Officer at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Visiting Fellow Research Network on Interdependent Inequalities (DesiguALdades.net). He was Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York and the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He is the author of numerous articles and publications on issues of economic development, taxation, fiscal policy, social policies and decentralization.
