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PRINCIPLES AND THEORIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Author(s) -
Watt Peter A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2006.00605.x
Subject(s) - local government , public finance , context (archaeology) , public economics , public good , government (linguistics) , economics , central government , business , public administration , political science , microeconomics , macroeconomics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
The role of local government is viewed in the context of the overall role of government per se. A particular advantage of local government lies in its ability to arrange for the provision of local public goods in line with local tastes and preferences. A number of arguments suggest that local governments should be assigned adequate powers of local taxation to finance their expenditure responsibilities rather than having to rely on central government grant.