The Challenge of Fiscal Disparities for State and Local Governments: The Selected Essays of Helen F. Ladd (Studies in Fiscal Federalism and State-local Finance series) - Hardcover

Ladd, Helen F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858986877 ISBN 13: 9781858986876

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This outstanding selection of Helen Ladd's work provides an overview of the policy-oriented research she has conducted in the area of state and local public finance during the past twenty-five years.

The volume is divided into four parts. The first addresses the concept and measurement of fiscal disparities across local jurisdictions and the design of intergovernmental aid programmes. The second part examines the design of taxes and tax structures, including chapters on the mix of taxes at state level and tax limitation measures. The third part deals with the interaction between taxes and land use, including the fiscal effects of rapid population growth and the use of tax subsidies to promote growth in declining urban areas. The final part focuses on education finance.

This important collection will be of interest to public finance and urban economists and practitioners and policymakers in state and local government.

About this title

About the Author

Helen F. Ladd, Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics, Duke University, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858986877
• ISBN 13: 9781858986876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512