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Allocating Tax Revenue To Sub-Central Government Levels: Lessons From Germany And Poland

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  • Malgorzata Magdalena Hybka

    (Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu, Poland)

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Tax sharing arrangements provide considerable financial resources to sub-central government levels. This statement is true both for unitary and federal states although tax revenue sharing mechanisms differ significantly across countries. The basic aim of this article is to compare the mechanisms adopted in Germany and in Poland. It assesses the degree of tax autonomy granted to sub-central government levels in the countries analysed, overviews the principles of apportionment of joint (shared) taxes and presents statistics on tax revenue composition of sub-central government levels.

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  • Malgorzata Magdalena Hybka, 2016. "Allocating Tax Revenue To Sub-Central Government Levels: Lessons From Germany And Poland," Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 11(4), pages 689-709, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pes:ierequ:v:11:y:2016:i:4:p:689-709
    DOI: 10.12775/EQUIL.2016.031
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    2. Olena Chygryn & Yuriy Petrushenko & Alina Vysochyna & Anna Vorontsova, 2018. "Assessment of Fiscal Decentralization Influence on Social and Economic Development," Montenegrin Journal of Economics, Economic Laboratory for Transition Research (ELIT), vol. 14(4), pages 69-84.

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    Keywords

    apportionment of tax revenue; fiscal federalism; Germany; Poland;
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    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations

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