Issues in Commonwealth-State Funding

Issues in Commonwealth-State Funding

This article discusses equity, efficiency, and simplicity and transparency issues posed by Australia’s system of Commonwealth grants to the States, a system which applies a very strong form of ‘horizontal fiscal equalisation’.

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Veröffentlicht in:Australian economic review 2002-09, Vol.35 (3), p.290-300
Hauptverfasser: Garnaut, Ross, FitzGerald, Vince
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agreements
Australia
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Grants Commission (Australia)
Efficiency
Equity
Expenditures
Federal states
Federations
Fiscal federalism
Fiscal Policy
Goods and services tax
Grants
Horizontal fiscal equalisation (HFE)
Intergovernmental relations
Per capita
Politics
Public Finance
Responsibilities
Revenue
Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs)
State and territory government finance
States (Political Subdivisions)
Taxation
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Zusammenfassung:This article discusses equity, efficiency, and simplicity and transparency issues posed by Australia’s system of Commonwealth grants to the States, a system which applies a very strong form of ‘horizontal fiscal equalisation’.
ISSN:0004-9018
1467-8462
DOI:10.1111/1467-8462.00245