Problems In Local Government Finance In The United States And Turkey: A Comparative Study

1955 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
KURNOW Ernest
1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-299
Author(s):  
P E Mouritzen ◽  
B J Narver

The properties of a country's system of intergovernmental grants may have important effects on the vulnerability of local government to socioeconomic changes and to changes in grants from the central government. A comparison between Denmark and the United States suggests that a combination of a low degree of equalization, high reliance on general grants, and a visible structure of taxation lead to a high degree of vulnerability to fiscal stress.


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