The Changing Face of Fiscal FederalismThomas R. Swartz, John E. Peck |
Contents
Six Profiles of the Changing Face of Fiscal Federalism An Overview | 3 |
Leveling the Playing Field | 5 |
Competitive Federalism | 8 |
Six Profiles of the Changing Face of Fiscal Federalism | 14 |
The Deregulation of the American Federal System 17891989 | 17 |
192953 | 19 |
1953 to Present | 21 |
Three Significant Features | 28 |
State Finances in the New Era of Fiscal Federalism | 88 |
Tax Policy | 89 |
Federal Aid Cutbacks | 98 |
Fiscal Conditions | 105 |
Expenditure Policy | 107 |
Education Spending | 116 |
Outlook for the Next Decade | 118 |
Methodology and Sources for Estimates of Spending and Federal Aid | 121 |
Looking Back | 32 |
Federalism and Urban Policy The Intergovernmental Dialectic | 35 |
Federalism and Urban Policy | 36 |
The Decline of Social Welfare | 41 |
The Rise of Fiscal Welfare | 43 |
The Developmental State | 46 |
Future Urban Prospects | 50 |
Changing Federalism Trends and Interstate Variations | 56 |
Trends in Intergovernmental Finance | 57 |
Interstate Variations | 64 |
Fiscal Conditions | 73 |
The Response to Bush Federalism | 76 |
Conclusions | 82 |
Big City Finances in the New Era of Fiscal Federalism | 127 |
Impediments to Raising Revenue | 128 |
Cause for Concern | 133 |
Tax Rates and Service Levels | 138 |
Fiscal Health | 142 |
Summary and Conclusion | 148 |
The Economics of Fiscal Federalism and Its Reform | 152 |
Actual Budgets | 156 |
Reform Proposals | 167 |
Summary | 173 |
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About the Contributors | 179 |
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