The Funding of Government Mandates

WERNER Z. HIRSCH, EVAN OSBORNE

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Abstract

Explores the issues of funding for government mandates in Europe with the view that under federalism, mandates are only one of the instruments in which a central government can influence or control the lower levels of government. Definitions and assumptions of mandates; reasons for the justification of mandates; funding, efficiency and equity factors to consider when funding mandates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)421-436
Number of pages16
JournalKyklos
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1994

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Economics and Econometrics

Keywords

  • Europe
  • federalism
  • funding
  • mandates

Disciplines

  • Economics
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences

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