The Fiscal Network maintains the OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism series. Related working papers on fiscal federalism issues are also published in other OECD series on budgeting, economics, public governance, regional development and tax policy. An integrated list of key relevant papers from other series is shown below:

 

2021

• Unlocking infrastructure investment: Innovative funding and financing in regions and cities, by OECD
• Who absorbs the shock? An analysis of the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 crisis on different levels of government, by Sean Dougherty and Pietrangelo de Biase
• The impact of decentralisation on the performance of health care systems: a non-linear relationship, by Sean Dougherty, Luca Lorenzoni, Alberto Marino and Fabrice Murtin
• Reforming the taxation of housing in Israel, By Alastair Thomas
• The territorial impact of COVID-19: Managing the crisis across levels of government, by Dorothee Allain-Dupré and Isabelle Chatry
• A comprehensive approach to understanding urban productivity effects of local governments, by Dylan Jong, Alexandra Tsvetkova, Alexander C. Lembcke and Rudiger Ahrend

2020

• The spatial dimension of productivity: Connecting the dots across industries, firms and places, by Alexandra Tsvetkov et al.
• Asymmetric decentralisation: Trends, challenges and policy Implications, by Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Isabelle Chatry and Antti Moisio
• COVID-19 and fiscal relations across levels of government, by Sean Dougherty, Camila Vammalle, Pietrangelo De Biase and Kass Forman
• Insolvency Frameworks for State and Local Governments, by Katharina Herold
• Can subnational accounting give an early warning of fiscal risks?, by Tim Irwin and Delphine Moretti
• Minimising the health, social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis: Co-ordination across levels of government is key, by Dorothee Allain-Dupré, Isabelle Chatry, Sean Dougherty and Camila Vammalle
• Housing policies for sustainable and inclusive cities: How national governments can deliver affordable housing and compact urban development, by Ana Moreno Monroy, Jared Gars, Tadashi Matsumoto, Jonathan Crook, Rudiger Ahrend and Abel Schumann
• Synthesising good practices in fiscal federalism, by Kass Forman, Sean Dougherty and Hansjörg Blöchliger

2019

• Spending Autonomy of Sub-central Governments: Conceptualisation and Measurement, by Jarosław Kantorowicz and Bob Jurriaan van Grieken
• Decentralisation in the health sector and responsibilities across levels of government: Impact on spending decisions and the budget, by Chris James, Ivor Beazley, Caroline Penn, Leah Philips and Sean Dougherty
• Performance measurement systems in the health sector and their budgetary implications, by Ivor Beazley, Sean Dougherty, Caroline Penn, Leah Philips and Chris James
• Subnational purchasing power of parity in OECD countries, by Alex Costa, Jaume Garcia, Josep Lluís Raymond and Daniel Sanchez-Serra
• Ageing and productivity growth in OECD regions: Combatting the economic impact of ageing through productivity growth?, by Federica Daniele, Taku Honiden and Alexander C. Lembcke

2018

• Reforms of Fiscal Relations in Brazil: Main issues, challenges, and reforms, by Ana Fernandes and Priscilla Santana
• The economic impacts of HFE: lessons from Australia, by Jonathan Coppel
• Demystifying compact urban growth: Evidence from 300 studies from across the world, by Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Elisabetta Pietrostefani, Abel Schumann and Tadashi Matsumoto
• Domestic Revenue Mobilisation: A new database on tax levels and structures in 80 countries, by Emmanuelle Modica, Sabine Laudage and Michelle Harding

2017

• Pro-Productivity Institutions: Learning from National Experience, by Andrea Renda, Sean Dougherty
• Subnational Infrastructure Investment in OECD Countries: Trends and Key Governance Levers, by Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Claudia Hulbert, Margaux Vincent
• Local taxation, land use regulation, and land use - A survey of the evidence by Hansjörg Blöchliger, Christian Hilber, Olivier Schöni, Maximilian von Ehrlich
• Governing together: An international review of contracts across levels of government for regional development, by Claire Charbit, Oriana Romano
• Subnational Infrastructure Investment in OECD Countries: Trends and Key Governance Levers, by Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Claudia Hulbert and Margaux Vincent
• Budgeting in Oaxaca, by Camila Vammalle, Ana Maria Ruiz and Ronnie Downes

2016

• Regional GDP in OECD countries: How has inequality developed over time? by Arnold, F. and H. Blöchliger
• Fiscal Decentralisation and Regional Disparities, by Bartolini, D., S. Stossberg and H. Blöchliger
• Fiscal decentralisation and income inequality: Empirical evidence from OECD countries, by Stossberg, S., D. Bartolini and H. Blöchliger

2015

• Fiscal constitutions: An empirical assessment, by Hansjörg Blöchliger and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz
• The stabilisation properties of immovable property taxation: Evidence from OECD countries, by Hansjörg Blöchliger, Balázs Égert, Bastien Alvarez and Aleksandra Paciorek
• Reforming the Tax on Immovable Property: Taking Care of the Unloved, by Hansjörg Blöchliger
• Fiscal Decentralisation in Colombia: New Evidence Regarding Sustainability, Risk Sharing and "Fiscal Fatigue", by Guillaume Bousquet, Christian Daude and Christine de la Maisonneuve
• Federal-State Relations in Australia, by Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and Annamaria Tuske

2014

• A Sub-national Perspective on Financing Investment for Growth I - Measuring Fiscal Space for Public Investment: Influences, Evolution and Perspectives, by Claudia Hulbert, Camila Vammalle
• A Sub-national Perspective on Financing Investment for Growth II - Creating Fiscal Space for Public Investment: The Role of Institutions, by Camila Vammalle, Rudiger Ahrend, Claudia Hulbert
• Local Public Finances and Municipal Reform in Finland, by Christophe André and Clara García

2013

• Passing the Buck? Central and Sub-national Governments in Times of Fiscal Stress, by Rudiger Ahrend, Marta Curto-Grau, Camila Vammalle
• Sub-national Finances and Fiscal Consolidation - Walking on Thin Ice, by Camila Vammalle, Claudia Hulbert
• Fiscal Consolidation Across Government Levels - Part 1. How Much, What Policies? by Hansjörg Blöchliger
• Creating Conditions for Effective Public Investment: Sub-national Capacities in a Multi-level Governance Context, by Lee Mizell, Dorothée Allain-Dupré
• Fiscal Consolidation Across Government Levels - Part 2. Fiscal Rules for Sub-central Governments, Update of the Institutional Indicator, by Kaja Fredriksen
• Fiscal Consolidation Across Government Levels - Part 3. Intergovernmental Grants, Pro- or Counter-cyclical? by Hansjörg Blöchliger, Balázs Égert
• Improving Fiscal Federal Relations for a Stronger Mexico, by Aida Caldera Sánchez
• The System of Revenue Sharing and Fiscal Transfers in China, by Xiao Wang, Richard Herd
• Sub-national Finances and Fiscal Consolidation: Walking on Thin Ice by Vammalle, C. and C. Hulbert

2011

• Public Sector Spending Efficiency in Estonia: Healthcare and Local Government, by Zuzana Smidova
• Multi-level Governance of Public Investment:Lessons from the Crisis, by Dorothée Allain-Dupré

2010

• Successful Practices and Policies to Promote Regulatory Reform and Entrepreneurship at the Sub-national Level, by Jacobo Pastor García Villarrea
• Does Fiscal Decentralisation Strengthen Social Capital? Cross-Country Evidence and the Experiences of Brazil and Indonesia, by Luiz de Mello
• Fiscal Decentralisation and Public Investment: The Experience of Latin America, by Luiz de Mello
• A Simulation Model of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Government Accounts for the Analysis of Fiscal-Consolidation Strategies in Canada, by Yvan Guillemette
• Austria’s Budget Reform: How to Create Consensus for a Decisive Change of Fiscal Rules by Gerhard Steger

2009

• Multi-Level Regulatory Governance: Policies, Institutions and Tools for Regulatory Quality and Policy Coherence, by Delia Rodrigo, Lorenzo Allio, Pedro Andres-Amo
• Fiscal Federalism in Belgium: Main Challenges and Considerations for Reform, by Willi Leibfritz
• The spending power of sub-central governments: A pilot study, by Steffen Bach, Hansjörg Blöchliger and Dominik Wallau

2008

• Market Mechanisms in Public Service Provision, by Hansjörg Blöchliger
• Fiscal Equalisation by Hansjörg Blöchliger and Claire Charbit

2007

• Local Government Finances: The Link between Intergovernmental Transfers and Net Worth, by Luiz de Mello
• Meeting the Challenges of Decentralisation in France, by Stéphanie Jamet
• Fiscal Relations Across Levels of Government in Australia by Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou
• Fiscal Rules for Subnational Governments: Can They Promote Fiscal Discipline? by Teresa Ter-Minassian
• Allocation of Taxing Powers by David King

2006

• Improving Public-spending Efficiency in Czech Regions and Municipalities, by Philip Hemmings
• Reforming Federal Fiscal Relations in Austria, by Andrés Fuentes, Eckhard Wurzel, Andreas Wörgötter

2005

• Getting the Most Out of Public-Sector Decentralisation in Korea, by Randall S. Jones, Tadashi Yokoyama
• Fiscal Relations Across Levels of Government in the United States, by Thomas Laubach
• Getting the Most Out of Public Sector Decentralisation in Mexico, by Isabelle Joumard
• Getting the Most Out of Public Sector Decentralisation in Spain, by Isabelle Joumard, Claude Giorno
• Getting the Most Out of Public Sector Decentralisation in Japan, by Isabelle Joumard, Tadashi Yokoyama
• Sub-central government fiscal rules, by Douglas Sutherland, Robert W.R. Price and Isabelle Joumard

2004

• Fiscal Rules for Sub-central Governments: Design and Impact, by Douglas Sutherland, Robert W. R. Price, Isabelle Joumard

2003

• Fiscal Relations across Government Levels, by Isabelle Joumard, Per Mathis Kongsrud