Introduction : approaching recent transformations of intergovernmental relations from multiple profiles / Giorgio Brosio and Juan Pablo Jiménez. Federalism and fiscal federalism: the emergence and distortion of the centro-federalist constitutional model in its political and fiscal manifestations / Roberto Gargarella and Gustavo Arballo. Fiscal decentralization: increasing social cohesion among widely disparate territorial units / Oscar Cetrángelo and Ariela Goldschmit. Reflections on two decades of social-spending decentralization / José Roberto Afonso ... [et al.]. Fiscal decentralization and public investment / Luiz de Mello. The financing of subnational governments / Juan Carlos Gómez Sabaini and Juan Pablo Jiménez. Explaining property tax collections in developing countries: the case of Latin America / Cristian Sepulveda and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez. Intergovernmental transfers in subnational finances / Fernando Rezende and João Veloso. Intergovernmental transfers: a policy reform perspective / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepulveda. The intergovernmental allocation of revenue from natural resources: finding a balance between centripetal and centrifugal pressure / Giorgio Brosio and Juan Pablo Jiménez. Macroeconomic challenges of fiscal decentralization / Juan Pablo Jiménez and Teresa Ter-Minassian. Fiscal rules for subnational governments?: evidence from Latin America / Veronica Grembi and Alvaro Manoel. Intergovernmental reforms in Latin America, ?Asian transplants? and the role of international agencies / Ehtisham Ahmad.

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