Fiscal Adjustment and Economic Development
A Case Study of Nova Scotia
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2024
- Category
- General, Comparative, North America
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487597795
- Publish Date
- Dec 2018
- List Price
- $31.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487599195
- Publish Date
- Dec 2024
- List Price
- $39.95
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Description
This study is an attempt to find a solution to the problem of fiscal adjustment between a province or a state and its municipalities–a pressing problem throughout Canada and the United States and in many other countries in view of the great disparities in the revenue-raising capacity of municipalities, their limited tax bases, and the pressure on them to provide higher levels of public services. The principles developed are of general applicability, but their use is illustrated by using Nova Scotia as a case study.
The first of the series "Atlantic Provinces Studies" established by the Social Science Research Council of Canada to encourage research on the economic and social problems of the Atlantic Provinces.
About the author
John F. Graham (1924-1990) was a professor of Economics at Dalhousie University, and from 1960 to 1969 was he was also Head of the Department of Economics and Sociology.